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TIL “Texas” means “crazy” in Norway

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N70db TIL that in Nazi Germany people who were classified as Jewish could challenge their classification in court. This included looking for Jewish facial features but since anti-Semitic clichés on Jewish appearance were so exaggerated and stereotyped, the average litigant did not show these features.
RGx9 TIL Two US Soldiers were killed by North Korea, while trying to trim down a tree that obscured their view. 3 days later, a task force of 813 troops entered Korea and chopped it down.
jNEdv TIL Tetris has an official sequel. Called "Welltris", it was developed by the original creator 5 years after the creation of Tetris, retains that game's falling-block puzzle gameplay but extends the pit into three dimensions while the blocks remain two-dimensional, with the board viewed from above.
Gn0N TIL claw machines are pre-programmed with a payout rate, only allowing users to win every so often. This has led to an ongoing dispute about the status of the machines as gambling devices.
7rGoO TIL Switzerland had enough nuclear fallout shelters to preserve it's entire population