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TIL while reading about Stalingrad in 1942 that, by itself, the Eastern Front in WW2 was the largest war in history.

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4Rpa TIL in 1902, the Greek symbol Caduceus (two snakes on a winged pole) was mistakenly used as the emblem for the US Medical Corps instead of the Rod of Asclepius (one snake climbing a pole), the true Greek symbol for medicine. Despite this error, the US still widely uses it to represent healthcare.
1BOX TIL 47 years ago today, December 18,How the Grinch Stole Christmas was first aired on CBS.
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