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TIL that 10 U.S. military bases are named after confederate generals

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oAn8 TIL That the United States is considered the origin of at least 60 different kinds of sandwiches.
16W5V TIL that Pythagoras was primarily a religious preacher who preached the then popular Greek beliefs of reincarnation of soul, all living beings having soul, vegetarianism, avoiding root vegetables etc
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