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TIL of a marine who called customer service in the middle of a firefight for help repairing his broken rifle. The weapon was firing properly again within 45 seconds.

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xV6Lb TIL: There is a hate culture within the hearing impaired community
LkpM9 TIL that Michael Caine spotted Shakira Baksh in a advertisement for Maxwell House Coffee, tracked her down and married her two years later. They’ve been together ever since.
QXok TIL that, when Charles DeGaulle ordered the removal of U.S. Troops from France in 1966, Secretary of State Dean Rusk asked if that included the 60,000+ American Soldiers buried there from the first two world wars. An embarrassed DeGaulle never clarified the point. (Happy Memorial Day)
Kn9E TIL KitKats are popular in Japan because their name sounds like the Japanese phrase “kitto katsu” which means “you will surely win”.
OoomY Everyone got mad at the Germans.