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TIL Volkswagen was created on the direct orders of Adolf Hitler

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E1DvW TIL that in 1980, oil drillers in Lake Peigneur, Louisiana accidentally poked a 14-inch hole in an active underground salt mine, which drained the entire 2.5 billion gallon lake. Incredibly, there were no fatalities.
oRNZE TIL White Bread is the standard reference for measuring glycemic index, and it will spike your blood sugar more than if you ate pure sugar.
wMdJ TIL that in 2012, someone put a 6 foot tall fork sculpture in a fork-in-the-road. When it was taken down, citizens put a sign up that stated “Why the fork not?” and continued to try to place various forks in the area.
VM8ND TIL Germany 'acquired' an entire Ancient Greek temple, dismantled it, shipped it back to Berlin and re-assembled it there as a museum.
pY548 TIL There's a School in Washington State in which their school bus has to cut through Canada twice a day every day to take kids to and from school