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TIL the current Earl of Sandwich owns a sandwich restaurant chain

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4o55 TIL during the Battle of the Bulge, American MPs trying to uncover German infiltrators would ask soldiers questions only a real American would know. General Omar Bradley was briefly detained after he “incorrectly” identified Springfield as the capital of Illinois. The MP thought it was Chicago.
BeYe TIL a 10 year girl saved hundreds of people during the Thailand Boxing day Tsunami of 2004 after learning about the warning signs of Tsunami 2 weeks prior.
D1NBe TIL Adolf Hitler made France surrender on the train car where Germany originally signed the armistice with France in 1918.
69o4w TIL Legend says the philosopher Laozi wrote about the Dao as he was leaving China and the border guard insisted that he write down his teachings first. Laozi wrote a book about the dao and de in 5000 words and was never seen again
6E1m7 TIL that on 17th May 1972, 10,000 London school kids went on strike to march against caning, detention, uniforms and ‘headmaster dictatorships’. Abandoning lessons to march on County Hall, the government thought it so serious MI5 and the Special Branch were involved to spy on 'school activists.