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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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wo6l7 TIL that the United States has 44 four-star generals right now whereas in WWII there were just seven.
e6Y5 TIL Rick Moranis is trying to get back into the public spotlight.
newrP TIL during the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the USSR (which lasted just 2 days), the Russians had 96 men killed. 84 were in accidents, and 5 were suicides.
dDAb7 TIL Berry Oakley, bassist of American rock band "The Allman Brothers Band", died in a motorcycle accident in 1972, just three blocks from where his fellow bandmate Duane Allman also died in a motorcycle accident the year before. Both Berry and Duane were 24 at the time of their deaths.
GAGmG TIL of Balkan sworn virgins - People born as women who took a vow of chastity in order to be considered men