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TIL that in 1942, business leaders in Winnipeg, Canada organized an “If day” where they simulated a Nazi invasion and occupation of the city. The fear generated during the event was a very successful fundraising tool, which managed to raise over 3 million Canadian dollars for the war effort.

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