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TIL British WWI Prisoner of war was released by the Germans so that he could visit his dying mother, and then returned as he had made promise to the Kaiser Wilhelm II.

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XwaR TIL that the invention of the bicycle was a factor in reducing rural inbreeding because it tripled the courting radius for rural workers.
b609p TIL about Tadeusz Kościuszko, a national hero in Poland, the United States, Lithuania, and Belarus, who fought in the American Revolutionary war and willed that his estate be used to free slaves after his death. His wish was never honored.
r9pd TIL US sugar policy makes sugar more expensive and promotes High-fructose corn syrup consumption through price support, tariffs and domestic market controls.
WXY4 TIL that in 2003 a Boeing 727 was stolen from an Angolan airport. It took off without clearance and flew out over the Atlantic with its lights and transponder switched off – and was never seen again
9BOr TIL Ataturk criticized Islam saying “It is no good for modern, progressive state. God’s revelation! There is no God! These are only the chains by which the priests and bad rulers bound the people down. A ruler who needs religion is a weaklings. No weaklings should rule!”