TIL The 45th POTUS’s grandfather made his initial wealth by opening a dead horse meat tent restaurant, and brothel, for miners during the Gold Rush in Canada, and the only reason he was in America at the time was because he had been banished from Bavaria for fleeing military conscription

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  1. Another fun fact: he didn’t like the US and came back to Germany. He tried to get a pardon about the military service issue but the king of Bavaria declined. Before getting sued he decided to flee once again to the US.

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