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TIL that the average West Virginian eats MORE than 1 hot dog a day (481 per capital per year.)

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XEaBQ TIL that D-Day was mostly planned by British Commanders, the most prominent being Lieutenant-General Frederick E. Morgan, with Bernard Montgomery placed in charge of all ground forces (including the US Army)
A6ao TIL “Gotham”, as a nickname for New York City, was coined by Washington Irving in 1807 and literally means “Goat’s Town”.
4kJmN TIL the under construction Medong Hydropower Station in China is projected to produce more energy than the total energy consumption of the UK.
0B8L TIL the German Reichstag/parliament in 1933 voted to give Hitler absolute control. 1 person spoke against it:Social Democratic leader Otto Wels, who spoke the last free words in the Reichstag:“You can take our lives & our freedom, but you cannot take our honor. We are defenseless but not honorless.”
vPlLD TIL that the mosque in Norilsk, Russia, 300 km north of the Arctic Circle, is the most northernly-situated mosque in the world, and that its minaret tower - which traditionally has a round shape - has a square base. That is so the bricks will not freeze and be more resistant to wind loads.