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TIL that Dodge Ram, Jeep, Chrysler, and Dodge are owned by a company in the Netherlands

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OoDQg TIL Twice as many soldiers died from disease than battle injuries during the American Civil War. Dysentery and chronic diarrhea were so prevalent that there was an honor code among soldiers – you couldn’t shoot a man while he was pooping.
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