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TIL Adolf Hitler employed 15 women to act as food testers, checking his food for poison.

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m1VQx TIL that during the Battle of the Chateauguay, an American officer demanded his Canadian opponents surrender. However, the American officer had not properly displayed the truce flag. So, the Canadian forces simply shot and killed him and then went on to win the battle.
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