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TIL that candy canes were originally developed by a German choirmaster to keep children quiet during church services.

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9wLnD TIL Hіtӏer supplied Ethiopia with weapons and ammunition during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
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5YbR TIL that in 1761, 60 slaves were left for dead by the French on a tiny coral reef in the Pacific Ocean only to be rescued 15 years later.
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