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R7Gr9 TIL That children from Roosevelt's family would crawl through the space between ceilings and floors in the White House, where no living being but rats and ferrets had been for years.
WkY1N TIL The Battle of the Somme ended with roughly 420,000 British, 200,000 French, and 500,000 German casualties, the result of the 141-day battle was the British frontline moving just 6 miles into German territory.
K4Y4 TIL Erwin Rommel, the “desert fox”, became an anti-Nazi upon his return from Africa. Rather than execute him, the Gestapo gave him the option of suicide by poison and a hero’s funeral. He was portrayed as a faithful Nazi at his funeral. The truth did not come to light until Nuremberg.