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TIL Adolf Hitler’s nephew fought for the US against his uncle in WWII

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96rM TIL Justin the First started off as an illiterate peasant swine herder, rose through the ranks in the army, and was elected Emperor of the Roman Empire
yVOZl TIL in 2008 a man woke up unable to breathe so he performed a self-tracheotomy with a steak knife. It was the second time he'd done it.
D8vY Today I learned that 500,000 baseball bats are sold in Russia in a Year, but only one recorded sale of a baseball or gloves.
yVLWM TIL that he 1883 eruption on Krakatoa produced the loudest sound ever known. It reverberated around the globe seven times before diminishing. It was heard 4,000 miles away, and people within 100 miles had permanent hearing loss.
yQ4Kw TIL a horse and buggy ride is not a "Handsome Cab", but rather a Hansom Cab, named after Joseph Hansom who invented the safety horse cab