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TIL Digger is a military slang term for soldiers from Australia and New Zealand used prominently during WWI. In a wider social context it is linked to the concept of “egalitarian mateship.”

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6K7W TIL that instead of ice cream trucks, Japan has baked potato trucks.
yQ8pl TIL that in 1989, the U.S. military blared AC/DC music at General Noriega's compound in Panama for 2 continuous days. This eventually forced the dictator to surrender.
eMQE TIL a Canadian Senator once read his favorite book in its entirety during a filibuster so that it would be translated into French in the Canadian Hansard (debate transcript) for free.
e0rW6 TIL Germany’s censorship laws in video games are so strict that they are not allowed to show violence or death of any kind. To get around this, enemies in video games are changed from humans to robots, so that when they are shot, there is technically no blood or death shown on screen
4XO6w TIL since 2015 the Saudi Crown Prince has purchased a $450 million Leonardo da Vinci painting, a $300 million mansion and a $500 million yacht.