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TIL that during World War 1, the United States Government tried to rename hamburgers as “liberty sandwiches” to promote patriotism.

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xKaw TIL Ants can count.
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1ajRW TIL that it was possible to buy your way out of the Civil War draft, on both the Union and Confederate sides, if you had enough money to pay someone else to sign up in your place.