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TIL that there were not just Navajos Code Talkers during World War 2. There were Cherokee, Choctaw, Lakota, Meskwaki, and Comanche Code Talkers.

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jNBgN TIL that in 2004 police discovered a movie theater in the Paris Catacombs. It was equipped with a giant cinema screen, seats, projection equipment, film reels, a fully stocked bar and a complete restaurant with tables and chairs. Its power source and the identity of those responsible remain unknown.
Z87DB TIL that electric cars are so quiet, they’re required by law to produce artificial noise that mimics conventional engines to avoid pedestrians from getting hurt.
yVeXe TIL when the German Navy was restarted in 1956, it salvaged a sunk u-boat from World War II and used it till 1980
ZegD TIL When prohibition was repealed in 1933, Yuengling beer Company sent a truckload of “Winner Beer” to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in appreciation, which arrived the day the amendment was repealed — particularly notable since Yuengling beer takes almost three weeks to brew and age.
yVK6X TIL the Chaos Computer Club in France was a fake hacker organisation setup by the government in 1989. They fully committed to the operation, even publishing seventy-three issues of their members' magazine.