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TIL it’s cummerbund and not cumberbund

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NK0M TIL of Operation Paul Bunyan. An retaliatory show of force for the murder of American soldiers trimming an obstructive DMZ tree. The mission was to destroy the tree and was conducted with attack-helicopters, B-52 bombers, over 12,000 soldiers and an aircraft carrier. The mission was a success
BgrAx Today I learned that in 1916, Cajuns were prevented from speaking the French language in schools, and that in 1921, the Louisiana constitution only authorized the use of English. Because of the loss of the French language, Cajun Boomers are sometimes called the "lost generation"
P1YeV TIL George Preddy, #1 ranked P-51 Mustang ace of WW2 with 26.83 enemy air-to-air kills, was was shot down and killed by friendly fire on Christmas Day 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge
grjbD TIL for several months, the residents of the Italian town of Vastogirardi have had the tires of their cars mysteriously punctured. What was originally thought to have been mafia intimidation was revealed to have been the work of a local dog with gingivitis gnawing on the tires.
X0Myr TIL of people of Jewish decent that served in the German Army in WW2. They ranged from Generals who were declared to be Aryans, waffen SS soldiers who hid the fact knowing their fellow soldiers would probably kill them to ordinary soldiers basically hiding from being sent to concentration camps.