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pl6p TIL Jesse Owens, an African-American track athlete who won a gold medal at the 1936 “Nazi Olympics”, said: “Hitler didn’t snub me—it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.”
Kv74 TIL The Germans answer their phone by stating their surname. No “hello”. No “bueno”. No “moshi moshi”. Just [insert last name].
GoD5 TIL Two of Santa’s Reindeer, now known by “Donner” and “Blitzen” which mean “Thunder” and “Lightning” in German were originally named “Dunder” and “Blixem” after the Dutch words of the same meaning.