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TIL in Greece it is common for both bridegrooms and brides to wear stefanas (tiara-like headwear)

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JYVrV TIL that many US military officials, even war hawks such as Douglas MacArthur and several fleet admirals, opposed the usage of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki as unnecessary and cruel. Curtis LeMay even went as far as to say "The atomic bomb had nothing to do with the end of the war at all."
X0ENE TIL l South Yorkshire town of Doncaster is technically part of Scotland. Its Scottish history dates way back to the 12th century (1136, to be specific), when the town was signed over to King David I in the Treaty of Durham, and it was never officially given back.
69N4W TIL Arthur Ashe published a three-volume book in 1988 titled A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete. He worked with researchers for nearly six years on the book and later stated that the book meant more to him than any of his tennis titles.
NX6ZN TIL Whoopi Goldberg played the typically male lead role of Psuedolus in the 1997 revival of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
XPbr TIL 22% of college students report being cyber-bullied, while 42% report witnessing someone being bullied. Of those incidents, 15% say a professor was the bully.