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TIL the Dalai Lama carries a high-end Swiss pocket watch, which was a gift sent to him by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943.

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deQ7 TIL a black man in the mid 1960’s, not allowed to join or play at the local country clubs, built his own golf course using his own land and taught the neighborhood kids golf for free.
5VDD TIL that the Indian military has decided to use the world’s hottest chili (ghost chili) as a weapon
gEVW TIL Police lights flash in such a way that your eyes/brain can never “get used to them”, so they’ll always be noticeable and catch your attention.
OK8g TIL there was a man who fought for Finland, the Nazis, and the US Army Special Forces, escaped a POW camp, was pardoned by the President of Finland, earned a Bronze Star and Five Purple Hearts, and disappeared in 1965, only to have his remains confirmed in 1999.
6JLX TIL that some of the Mayflower Pilgrims were not escaping from religious persecution in England, but rather the tolerant Dutch Republic that they feared was influencing their children.