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TIL the Nazis used meth to stay up 4 days to surprise ambush the French at the start of WWII

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epRaD TIL 46 U.S. states allow you to use any name you want whenever you want as long as there is no fraud intended. Your consistent use of a preferred name is expected to build up unofficial records showing it. Changing your name through a court is only needed to force institutions to recognize a change.
Pwdn TIL that fascist dictator Francisco Franco brought back the Spanish Monarchy, but the King of Spain instituted a democracy instead as soon as he came into power.
d8JwK TIL that the original shape of the PlayStation 3 was inspired by Sony's "Spider-Man" film font, which is also why the PlayStation 3's name font was the same.
5nJP TIL that of the six men pictured in the iconic “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima” photograph, three died during the following battle
XEEj TIL Qian Zhijun, the Chinese “Little Fatty” that was photoshopped onto movie posters and other various images, eventually actually got into movies and advertisements as a result of the meme’s popularity.