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TIL that in 1915, surrounded and faced with imminent defeat, the entire Serbian army and government, numbering 400,000 (~10% of the population), retreated through Albania to the sea and evacuated to Greece. Half of them died on the march, but the rest came back in 1917 to liberate their country.

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yQPmw TIL "Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner" is a phrase that came from historic vegas, which used to offer a chicken dinner at most casinos. The cost of the chicken dinner was $1.79, which included a potato and veggie. After winning on the standard $2 bet you could treat yourself to a chicken dinner.
E14B7 TIL: Rat King is a phenomenon in which rats or squirrels get their tails entangled because of sap, grass, and how they move over one another. The largest Rat King was composed by 32 entangled rats.
6Eb4l TIL 'Democracy sausage' is the Australian term for sausage sandwiches sold at polling booths. In 1989 the liberal party leader was accused of bribing voters with democracy sausages after wearing a BBQ hat and apron and "being involved in the dissemination of sausages" at an election campaign.
4kLW5 TIL that Post first made Pop-Tarts, as the company had invented a process for dehydrating food and enclosing it in foil to keep it fresh, and they were called Country Squares. Because Post had revealed Country Squares before they were ready for market, Kellogg used the idea and created Pop-Tarts.
M7J67 TIL A 2023 survey found that more Americans know their horoscope sign than their blood type