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TIL Stalin wasn’t Russian (and Hitler wasn’t German)

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d8wrE TIL that pepperoni isn't Italian... it's Italian-American. In fact, in Italy "peperoni" means bell peppers.
wo8gE TIL Between 2011 and 2020 the second most common cause of death in aviation crashes was suicide by pilot. A majority of these cases were small planes only occupied by the pilot.
N7jZN TIL that lots of people believe that greek gods were actually “Ancient Aliens” who held super technology way ahead of their times. The aliens are credited for building historic sites, like the pyramids, and are still around us today!
PjaG TIL that the founders of Adidas and Puma are brothers, and were Nazis
6EBWw TIL Hershey's once developed a chocolate bar for the US Army that would remain solid up to 49C (120F) and was poison gas proof but was also very bitter to prevent soldiers from eating it unless in an emergency. Troops called it "Hitler's Secret Weapon" because of what it would do to their bowels.