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a8N8y TIL During World War II the Ontario government tried to rename the small town of Swastika (named in 1906) to Winston. The locals responded by taking down the Winston sign and placing a new Swastika sign which read “To hell with Hitler, we came up with our name first.”
p8mGN TIL many experts regard the United States as entirely uninvadable, because of the country's major industries, reliable and fast supply lines, large geographical size, population size, difficult regional features, armed citizenry, and strong military force.
VxKp TIL: according to Jewish lore, Adam’s first wife was not Eve, but infact a half-woman half-snake named Lilith.
QJ6Ok TIL having a BMI in the middle of the healthy range (21.75) makes you thinner than 92% of American adults.
8NXL TIL there is a term to explain why ignorant people tend to boast confidence in spite of being wrong and wiser people ofter have doubts about their knowledge : Dunning-Kruger Effect