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TIL the Romans had a specific god for boundary stones and mileposts: Terminus

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gaZy TIL Soupy Sales asked children to send him “green pieces of paper” from their parents’ wallets.
px6A TIL that Hitler wasn’t the only Führer of Nazi Germany. After his suicide, the second Führer was former Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels from 30 April-1 May 45 (Goebbels’ suicide). The last Führer was Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk from 1 May-27 May 1945.
d8n7E TIL that in the Deep South, you can dig into a jar of sweet and sour Kool-Aid pickles (also know as Koolickles).
dYX9 TIL During WWII American prisoners under German control had a mortality rate of about 1%. American POW’s under Japanese control had a mortality rate of about 37%
kO6n7 TIL Azerbaijan, in spite of 97% of its population being of Islamic faith, is a secular state under their constitution, and ensures full religious freedom to its citizens.