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TIL that Legionnaire's Disease is named after the American Legion

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4kxra TIL in August 1939, some German generals planned to ask high-ranking military officials to give troops to Hjalmar Schacht to prevent a war with Poland, as the Reich Cabinet had the power to debate on declarations of war, which Hitler had not done
P1MoE TIL pepitas are just pumpkin seeds with the husk removed
x68w5 TIL Mozart's middle name is not Amadeus. It's a latinized version of his real middle name Theophilus and probably facetious.
yVxdl TIL that the Genain quadruplets, born in 1930, are identical sisters who all developed schizophrenia by age 24. Studied by the NIMH, their case suggested a strong genetic link to the illness.
gNQb TIL elephants are afraid of bees!