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TIL when de Gaulle withdrew France from NATO and ordered all US troops out, Secretary of State Dean Rusk asked him for clarification, “Does your order include the bodies of American soldiers in France’s cemeteries?”

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1aWpd TIL in 1938 when Neville Chamberlain returned from visiting Hitler promising "peace for our time", the crowd of 5,000 supporters at the airport were eclipsed by 15,000 protestors in the streets in London, but wasn't reported on due to Chamberlain's manipulation of the BBC.
VBgw8 TIL John Batman was the founder of the town that became Melbourne, Australia. And originally he called it "Batmania". There's even a street named after him: Batman Ave.
E1okW TIL that infamous motorcycle racer Valentino Rossi, who always rode the number 46 bike, broke his winless streak of 46 races to achieve his 46th overall win with Yamaha Racing, giving him a total of 4,646 career championship points.
R7OZ9 TIL that legendary basketball great Michael Jordan has been trying to sell his 56,000-square-foot mansion since 2012.
YpXoP TIL the producers of Who Framed Roger Rabbit rejected Tim Curry's audition for Judge Doom because he was "too terrifying."