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TIL Canadian soldier Léo Major single-handedly captured 93 German soldiers during World War II

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jNJbn TIL 20th Century Fox, convinced that Star Wars was going to flop, agreed to George Lucas’s proposition to forgo an additional $500K directing fee in return to keep licensing and merchandising rights for himself. This decision cost Fox billions and made George Lucas a Billionaire.
kOwDB TIL that it is a criminal offense in Germany to put someone on speaker without telling them.
rxey TIL blackcurrant flavour is almost unknown in America because blackcurrant can spread disease to pine trees so was banned for most of the 20th century
78egx TIL from 1887 to 1950, meteorologists in the US were forbidden from using the word “tornado” in their forecasts. Experts at the time thought doing so would create mass panic.
BrN4k TIL Confucius's real name was just "Kung" or "Kong." Confucius is a latinization of "Kong Fuzi," which really means "Grand Master Kong"