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TIL I learned there are two versions of Aldi, Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud.

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Oo1me TIL the U.S. Presidency has a 18.6% death rate with 3 leading causes: illness, natural causes, and assassination.
kJpLB TIL Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, tried to convince his colleagues to wash their hands before delivering babies because he noticed lower levels of infections. His colleagues were offended that he would dare suggest they would be “unclean!” Ultimately Dr. Semmelweis was committed to an insane asylum.
EGxd TIL the nuclear nightmare scene in Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) was considered “the most accurate depiction of a nuclear blast ever created for a fictional motion picture” by members of U.S. federal nuclear testing labs.
kOa6W TIL that in the original preformance of "Baby it's Cold Outside" there is no snow storm- it's a joke. Also at one point the line "Say, what's in this drink?" Is sang by a man about a vase of flowers he thought was his glass.
ne6y9 TIL that the most decorated WWII soldier received every medal of valor by the age of 21. After returning home he then starred in over 40 Hollywood movies including films about himself.