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TIL that people from Niger are called Nigeriens while people from Nigeria are called Nigerians

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jNkyR TIL the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only all-black, all-female battalion overseas during World War II. The group was nicknamed "Six Triple Eight" and their motto was "No mail, no morale"
Y7eaP TIL During a chaotic distribution of free food as part of the condition to release Patty Hearst in 1974, then California Governor Ronald Reagan hoped for a botulism outbreak.
Z8pQQ TIL during the burning of Washington DC in the war of 1812, British commander Sir George Cockburn ordered his soldiers to destroy a newspaper printing house, and stated "Be sure that all the C's are destroyed, so that the rascals cannot any longer abuse my name."
OaDY TIL that in 1917 a man named H.L. Mencken, in an effort to prove the gullibility of Americans, published a completely fabricated history of the invention of the bathtub, using random facts, dates, and names. Even today, some of the facts from his story are cited in publications.
awEQ9 TIL of a man named Don Gorske, who only eats Big Macs. A friend paid him $5 to eat a Whopper, which he did, and then spent the $5 on more Big Macs.