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TIL during the American Civil War the Union troops came up with their own version of Dixieland called Union Dixie telling the story of how they felt about their southern counterparts.

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d8BGE TIL of José Sanjurjo a prominent figure in the Spanish civil war, who died when the biplane he rode which was overburdened with his luggage crashed. Before flight the pilot warned Sanjurjo of the danger to which he replied with, "I need to wear proper clothes as the new caudillo of Spain."
vPGQ7 TIL that Levamisole, a veterinary deworming agent, now used to treat nephrotic syndrome in children, was once rampant as an adulterant for cocaine. It resulted in increased renal injury, vasculitis and necrosis of skin.
v1Vo7 TIL that any Canadian citizen, who has lived in the Yukon for at least one year, can get free land from the government, provided they are willing to farm it.
p8yvG TIL there was Nazi German - Soviet parade in September of 1939. It marked the withdrawal of German troops to the demarcation line secretly agreed to in the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
e0DV6 TIL Dominos Pizza ended the "30 Minutes or it's Free" guarantee, in the 1980s, after a delivery driver killed a woman trying to meet the time constraint.