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TIL: Javier Milei, newly elected president of Argentina, plans to convert to Judaism

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WG4d TIL after working on the US bid for the 1986 World Cup, Henry Kissinger was quoted as saying “The politics of FIFA, they make me nostalgic for the Middle East”.
YpmNr TIL of The Citizens of the Reich, a group of some 17,000 Germans, who believe that the 1937 borders of the German Empire still exist, who do not accept the legality of the Federal Republic of Germany, who refuse to pay taxes, and who are gathering weapons to bring down the federal government.
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kOXdB TIL in August 1968 after being turned down by 19 other teams, the Atlanta Braves signed 62-year-old pitcher Satchel Paige so he could get his MLB pension. He needed only 158 days on an active roster to reach the five-year minimum required to receive his pension. He collected $250 a month.