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TIL Holland is a region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands, not a formal name for the country.

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GPB5 TIL when German general Eduard Dietl slammed his fist into the table and told Hitler he was a “chairbound general”, Hitler turned to his gaping staff and exclaimed “Gentleman - that’s the kind of general I like!”
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ANYpn TIL that the Fleetwood Mac song "The Chain" is an assembly of unused material through tape splicing.
690RY TIL that in the early 1900s in the U.S., human zoos were a thing, where people from indigenous tribes and isolated cultures were put on display for entertainment.