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TIL that in WWII The Gambia Fought in Indochina With it’s Entire Military… Of Only Ten Men

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EgVyo TIL of Mrs. Orcutt's Driveway, a 4.1 mile long access road that an elderly widow successfully petitioned the U.S. federal government to build for her when her isolated desert home was essentially cut off by the construction of Interstate 40 and the bypassing of the old Route 66.
p8olb TIL Tom Morello, the front man of Rage Against the Machine, is a Harvard Graduate
Lk6PQ TIL: Steve Martin has a band, and they are just delightful.
l791N TIL of Julio Aparicio, a spanish matador who was gored through his throat and out of his mouth. He managed to survive.
1BWr TIL America’s deadliest school violence was not Columbine, but Bath, Mich., in 1927 - CSMonitor.com