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TIL There was a famous Polish sculptor who thought Lenin, Fidel Castro, and Churchill were secret yetis

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Xdbk TIL that ancient Athens was rocked by a political crisis when someone vandalized all of the city’s sacred penis statues.
4ONJ TIL the revolver was first created by 16 year-old Samuel Colt.
WGxL TIL that during the Rwanadan Genocide France gave the Hutu-dominated government extensive military, and diplomatic support during Opération Turquoise. The Hutu were the ones committing genocide.
4kbe5 TIL when Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (1858-1889) was six, he received water treatment, waking up with pistol shots, nocturnal exposure in the zoo as well as hours of exercise as part of his military education. This abuse was likely a contributing factor in his later suicide.