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TIL in 1976, Henry Kissinger became the first honorary Harlem Globetrotter.

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YR8B TIL that Henry Ford loved Hitler and received the Nazi regime’s highest medal for a foreigner
AGYn TIL that Maxamillian Kolbe was a Polish priest who volunteered to die in the place of a man in Auschwitz after he overheard him cry out for his wife and children. The man he saved, Mr. Gajowniczek, died in 1995 at the age of 93.
MbD8 TIL that refining a 42 gallon barrel of crude oil yields 20gal gasoline, 7gal diesel, and 17gal of petroleum byproducts such as propane, ammonia and plastic material, totaling 44 gallons; a net gain of 2 gallons.
r8Le TIL after being struck by lightning, golfer Lee Trevino was asked if he would do anything different to avoid it. “I’d stand in the fairway with my one iron pointed at the sky,” he said. “Not even God can hit the one iron.”
78A17 TIL children prefer higher levels of sourness in foods when compared with adults, and that such preferences are positively related to their willingness to try new foods and experience with dietary diversity