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TIL the Vietnam War is known in Vietnam as the American War

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4kam5 TIL The movie Footloose, which is about a town where dancing is prohibited, is inspired from a real town, Elmore City, Oklahoma. The ban started before statehood, and high-schoolers petitioned in 1980 to be able to dance at prom
7rgPP TIL Of Jack Tueller, a WWII soldier who was also a trumpet player and carried his instrument everywhere with him. He believes it saved his life from a German sniper in France. Figuring his enemy was just a scared kid like him, Jack played a love song before he set out. The sniper never fired.
loNKN TIL: Keso, a brand of cottage cheese, is so popular in Sweden that many recipes list cottage cheese as Keso, the brand name.
yQjPV Today I learned that craving and chewing ice is associated with iron deficiency with or without anemia, and scientist don’t know why exactly
9YPgr TIL The first chocolate bar was made in 1847. Before that, chocolate was exclusively a drink.