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TIL Lego has no military related sets because the inventor’s policy was to not want to make war seem like child’s play

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neBlY TIL that the Keep Calm and Carry On posters were rarely used in WW2. The phrase only came to popular attention after a poster was found in a book shop in 2000 and put on display.
KLPE TIL that in 2009, a twitter poll for Miley Cyrus’ biggest fan was being won by Pedobear until he was removed from the contest.
nedvd TIL about Lauri Törni, a veteran of three armies. Törni fought as a second lieutenant of the Finnish Army in the Winter War, as a captain of the Waffen-SS in the Eastern Front and as a captain of the U.S Special Forces in Vietnam. Mauno Koivisto, former president of Finland, was under his command.
6DPW TIL that in 2008, a conservative town in Oregon elected the 1st openly transgender, cross-dressing mayor in the US. When the Westboro Baptist Church came to protest, many of the male residents of the town wore dresses as an act of solidarity with their mayor.
rRaly TIL ain't was a socially acceptable contraction and was used by the educated and the upper-class throughout the 17th to 19th century.