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TIL: Norteño Mexican music is highly influenced by polka music

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8aWn8 TIL that when Germany invaded Belgium in World War I, King Albert I took personal command of the Belgian Army. He led his army for 4 years, fighting alongside his troops, while his wife, Queen Elisabeth, worked as a nurse at the front. His 12 year-old son, the Crown Prince, also fought in the ranks
rNAX0 TIL about the US WWII unit known as the “Ghost Army,” a tactical deception unit made of ~1000 soldiers. They used visual, sonic, and radio deception to fool German forces into thinking they had 30,000 soldiers with them.
QNedM TIL Celine Song (director of "The Materialists" and "Past Lives") adapted the play "The Seagull" in The Sims 4 and streamed it on Twitch for the New York Theater Workshop
6BRY TIL There is a wikipedia article dedicated to people who have claimed to be Jesus
6E9VZ TIL the Lyrebird can mimic the sounds of other animals as well as unnatural sounds, like chainsaws.