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TIL It is required by law in Germany that every driver be trained in first aid and carry a first aid kit in their vehicle.

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xl47 TIL that during the Holocaust in Poland, a member of the Nazi Party Albert Battel saved over a hundred Jews from liquidation by going into the ghetto with army trucks and transported the Jews to the barracks of the local Wehrmacht platoon, at there they were under the protection of the Wehrmacht.
J15LQ TIL that the Nasdaq was brought down by squirrels - not just once but twice
BejW TIL the University of California (with 61 winners) has more Nobel winners than China, India, Japan, and the rest of Asia combined (with 49 laureates).
E1Qgp TIL in 1981 the Iraqi government ordered 25,000 special edition Chevy Malibus from GM Canada. When the order was cancelled half way through, the 12,500 remaining cars with their 3 on the floor manuals were sold in Canada for $6,800.
QnB6 TIL when the first US ship arrived in China in 1785, the Chinese loved the American flag, calling it “as beautiful as a flower”. Since then, an informal Chinese name for the United States has been the “flower flag country”.