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TIL the Association of German National Jews supported Hitler

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R5Nn1 TIL in 2014, McDonald's revealed that Grimace, their purple monster mascot, is "the embodiment of a milkshake or a taste bud."
LQBnr TIL the popular playground game of whispering a phrase down a line has a strange name variation. In the US and Canada, it is called the Telephone Game. In the UK, we call it Chinese Whispers.
DQE9V TIL Kandahar, Afghanistan may have derived its name from Alexander the Great, who founded the city around 330 BC.
j6k8v TIL baseball legend Hank Aaron was a fan of the Cleveland Browns of the NFL. He attended many of their games, sitting in the "Dawg Pound" seating section in disguise.
wEeP TIL A child was born who was the nearest medical example of a virgin birth, most of his cells contained genetic material only from his mother