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TIL a Sitting US Senator Was Killed During the Civil War While Commanding Troops

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69JQ TIL that in Irish mythology, there is a story of a god divinely conceiving a child in a newlywed virgin’s belly. The women says “screw that,” aborts the child, then goes and gets pregnant with her husband’s child; the 100% human baby goes on to be a great hero.
GgGg TIL the French Resistance cut the elevator cables to the Eiffel Tower to keep Hitler from visiting it during his visit when Paris fell. When faced with the prospect of climbing over 1500 stairs he opted out.
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