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TIL that, similar to the ‘Freedom Fries’ fiasco near the beginning of the war in Iraq, US citizens referred to sauerkraut as “Liberty Cabbage” near the beginning of WWII.

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aLGA TIL During WW II Britain stopped selling food to Ireland in order to persuade them to drop neutrality and enter the war. Ireland responded by cutting off all exports of Guinness. The supplying of food was resumed.
BdGb TIL - Half of America’s teachers graduated in the bottom third of their college class
mxEkx TIL of Steve Flaig who was adopted as a child. At age 18 he decided to look for his birth mother. Four years later he succeeded and discovered that they were colleagues working in the same store
mxagM TIL the reason allied forces had nets on their helmets during WW2 was to reduce the helmets ‘shine’ and it would also allow soldiers to place bits of foliage to increase their camouflage
mxdGR TIL The Hagia Sophia has some odd scratches inside. For hundreds of years, their origin and purpose was unknown. It was later discovered that they are Futhark runes made by a Norseman far from home. A message, carved into the building he knew would never be destroyed. The message? “Hafdan was here.”