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TIL when Major Winters complained to Tom Hanks about the historical accuracy of 'Band of Brothers', Tom Hanks turned around, stated he was a genius, and said he was lucky to have it as accurate as it was. Tom estimates the show to be about 17% accurate to historical events.

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WkmNA TIL that a bridge built in the 90s over the Choluteca River, Honduras was hit by Hurricane Mitch and whilst the bridge survived, the river below it was rerouted and no longer flowed under the bridge.
aGAN TIL in the iconic painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware”, the man carrying the flag is Lieutenant James Monroe, who would later become the United States’ fifth president.
xVYd7 TIL: During WWII, the Germans developed the first select fire rifle: the StG44. However, automatic fire was ineffective so German soldiers were directed to only fire the weapon in semi-automatic, except in emergencies.
ANpjo TIL Hitler loathed New Zealanders as a “lower form of human being”. At a speech given on 15 July 1925 he argued that New Zealanders lived in trees and ”clambered around on all fours”, having not yet learned to walk upright.