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TIL The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation helped save the lives of 122 million children since 1990.

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RG61 TIL of the Battle for Castle Itter where defected Wehrmacht soldiers requested the help of American soldiers to help defend the castle from the Waffen-SS, who planned to execute the French VIP’s inside. It is the only known battle in World War II where the German and American armies fought together.
LQYm9 TIL that the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., is primarily freshwater. However, during extremely high tides or significant storm surges, brackish water—a mixture of saltwater and freshwater will go as far upriver as DC.
Z8rQG TIL that Jamie Farr, Alan Alda and Mike Farrell who starred in the tv show MAS*H all actually were in the military and served in Korea (after the war). Farr wore his actual dog tags on the show
5VG5p TIL ancient Roman tourists would visit Egyptian tombs and write negative reviews in graffiti, like not enjoying anything but the sarcophagus and being unhappy they couldn't read the hieroglyphs. These would ironically end up becoming valuable historical records themselves.
8aDKa TIL that Michael Jackson and Sting were Jim Henson's first choices for Jareth in Labyrinth, before his son Brian convinced him that David Bowie would be perfect