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TIL The city of Berlin, Ontario, changed its name in 1916 to Kitchener because of Anti-German sentiment. They very nearly called it Corona.

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D5Zg TIL, in 1957, 92 percent of children were toilet-trained by the age of 18 months, studies found. Today the figure for 2-year-olds is just 4 percent. Only 60 percent of children have achieved mastery of the toilet by 36 months, and 2 percent remain untrained at the age of 4 years.
VMk60 TIL Mother’s Day in Germany was made an official holiday during the Nazi regime, largely to encourage women to birth children for the “Fatherland.” Gold, silver and bronze medals were even awarded to women according to the number of children they had.
9wDWM TIL The Rhein-Neckar-Arena in Germany is a stadium with a capacity of 30,150 people, but is situated in a town with only 3,600 inhabitants.
yQxRV TIL bats were considered birds until the 1700s. Also whales and manatees were thought to be fish.
PYy4w TIL: Australia has the world's largest herd of wild camels. the population is estimated to be about 3 million, spread across 37% of the Australian mainland.