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WdJd TIL That after Germany invaded Greece in 1941, a German officer climbed up the Acropolis and ordered the soldier on guard there to surrender and replace the Greek flag with the swastika. Instead, the soldier named Konstantinos Koukidis, wrapped himself in the Greek flag and jumped to his death.
AR5g TIL In 1915 A millionaire named Cecil Chubb bought his wife Stonehenge. She didn’t like it, so in 1918 he gave it to the nation
x7Yk TIL in the online game EVE a player group spent 12 months infiltrating a rival group, then assassinated their leader and stole or destroyed $16,500.00 USD worth of game money and supplies.
D18yg TIL that the words "ton" and "tonne" refer to different units of weight. A British ton, or "gross ton" is 2,240 pounds or 1,016.047 kg. A US ton, or "net ton" is equal to 2,000 pounds or 907.1847 kg. A tonne, or "metric ton" is equal to 1,000 kg.
JYLX1 TIL the US Secretary of Agriculture is named Sonny Perdue. However, he is not related to Frank Perdue of Perdue Farms.