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TIL Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Price in 1939

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KYm99 TIL Loblaws and George Weston Limited agreed to pay $500 million to settle the bread price-fixing lawsuit in Canada.
nRoY TIL the Declaration of Independence refers to Native Americans as “the merciless Indian Savages”.
OGEoY TIL that in Japanese folklore, tanuki (raccoon dogs) are magical tricksters with the power to shape-shift their massive, malleable testicles, which they can transform into objects like umbrellas, fishing nets, drums, or even shops!
oRlGW TIL that the plastic cover on an emergency switch on devices is called a Molly-guard because the inventor's daughter (Molly) kept pushing the button.
M7Rp7 TIL Sierra Leone has only had one elected Muslim president since its independence, despite being a country with a majority Muslim population.