Trivia of the Day September 28

Private Henry Tandey, a British soldier serving near the French village of Marcoing, reportedly encountered a wounded German soldier on September 28, 1918, and declined to shoot him. In doing so, he spared the life of 29-year-old Lance Corporal Adolf Hitler.

Adolf Hitler as a soldier during World War I

"Briton” comes from the Celtic word “Pretani”, a tribal name meaning “the painted ones” or “the tattooed" people used by the Celtic tribe, the Brythons.

The most-visited presidential grave is John F. Kennedy's in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

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