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TIL of Springerle, a detailed south German biscuit that used Ammonium carbonate as a leavening agent.

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7rYBb TIL In 2016, the U.S. Marine Corps changed 19 official job titles, such as “infantryman,” to a gender neutral alternative, like “basic infantry Marine.”
6EQ7W TIL that in 2009, a 10 year old girl suffering from cancer had a dying wish to watch Pixar's Up. Pixar granted her wish, flew to her home with a DVD of the movie and held a private screening of the film. She died later that night.
neyJY TIL that French fry carts in the Netherlands are like hot dog carts in NYC, they’re on almost every corner! The Dutch love their French fries with mayonnaise, called patat met. ????
D1r4J TIL Keanu Reeves once rescued a pre-fame Octavia Spencer after she was stranded on the roadside
VQZ0 TIL that in 1992, instead of engaging in a messy legal battle over the use of a slogan, the CEOs of Southwest Airlines and Stevens Aviation simply arm-wrestled for whose company would own it.