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TIL Otto Von Bismarck predicted the start of World war I with quote “One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).”

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JPrm TIL: Even as an adult, Christian VII of Denmark remained childish and playful. Diplomats complained that, when he was discussing affairs of state with them, without warning he would slap them violently round the face.
awmyZ TIL that chimpanzees are thought to use the plant Aspilia as herbal medicine.
rNOmw TIL when Jim Morrison was in his senior year, the books he read and reported on were all so offbeat, that teachers thought he made them up. A teacher also went to the Library of Congress to check if the books actually existed. He also had an IQ of 149, which is generally considered genius level.
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