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TIL Country Music Has the Most Drug References in Any Genre, including rap

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j65wv TIL in October 1918, Alvin York, under German fire, took command after his unit was pinned down. Using expert marksmanship, he killed around 20 enemies and captured 132 more, silencing multiple machine guns and earning the Medal of Honor for his bravery
loQZ1 TIL "Swiss Army" is a protected trademark owned by Victorinox and is not affiliated with the Swiss armed forces in any way, meaning that the famous Swiss Army knives are not actually issued by the Swiss military.
VBnbp TIL The so-called "Million Man March" was only about 400,000 people, in reality
ADggl TIL that fish and chips is historically so important to the UK that in WWI, the British government made safeguarding supplies of them a priority and during WWII, Churchill refused to ration the dish.
LkerZ TIL that the Latin word for left hand is "sinister". This prejudice against left-handed people eventually made the word sinister mean evil and threatening.