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TIL "All Quiet on the Western Front" was banned in Nazi Germany because it protrayed the fultility of war (during WWI) and was deemed counterproductive to the German rearmament program prior to WWII.

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wo6EM TIL that Kentucky, not one of the original 13 colonies of the United States, was the last state to get both a star and a stripe added to the flag. Vermont and Kentucky were given both a star and a stripe to the flag as the 14th and 15th states admitted into the Union. This remained until 1818.
XGmr TIL in 1962 the US Government proposed Operation Northwoods, a plan to commit acts of ‘false flag’ terrorism on American soil, for which Cuba would be blamed, in an effort to gain public support for a US invasion of Cuba. The plan was rejected by the Kennedy Administration
m9Kv TIL of Unit 684 an expendable South Korean black-ops team of 31 convicted criminals whose mission was to kill North Korea’s premier Kim Il-sung
nNr9 TIL Hugh Hefner owns the letter Y of the hollywood sign
LQV1P TIL That Sri Lanka was connected to India by a walkable land bridge known as 'Adams Bridge' until it was destroyed by a cyclone in 1480CE, leaving a chain of limestone shoals behind.