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TIL in June 2019 Germany taxed sanitary products at 19% and books at 7%, so a company started packaging and selling Tampons as books at the 7% tax rate and there was nothing authorities could do about it.

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DLOJ TIL that in WWI even though the officers knew that at 11 am there was a cease fire areement, they kept on sending troops into no-mans land and shelling the enemy lines, right up to 10:59 am. About 2,000 people died with only hours left of fighting.
xVxKB TIL: Armadillo Shells are Bulletproof - a TX Man Was Hospitalized After He Tried To Shoot One & The Bullet Richoceted and Hit Him in the Jaw..
neReG TIL Peter Piper and his pickled peppers are actually from an 1836 book to help children with their pronunciation. There's a rhyme for each letter.
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