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TIL the name of emperor Charlemagne is just "Charles the Great" written in Old French and run together as one word.

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4k6wg TIL that during WW2, a popular German children’s present was a Pinball Styled game called “Bomber over England” that consisted of earning points for every place bombed (London, Bristol, etc.) and would lose points for hitting Countries Allied with Germany.
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