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TIL more than 35,000 Americans served in the Canadian Army in WWI, accounting for nearly 10% of all Canadian soldiers

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QJEOM TIL that in 1168AD, Fustat, the then-capital of Egypt was ordered to be burnt to the ground by its own vizier to stop it falling into the hands of the crusaders
4kKlo TIL "What We Do in the Shadows" had an enormous behind-the-scene joke, with the IT guy Stu - who's played by a real IT guy called Stu- was told he's needed for IT purposes on set, with his role in the script being kept secret from the entire cast and him repeatedly told everyday to film a bit more.
wLYDW TIL Mister Rogers narrated his feeding of the fish every day because he got a letter from a young blind girl who was worried the fish were hungry.
6EP9W TIL: in 1921, White Castle changed the Nation's perception of beef from "low grade meat likely to be richer with E coli than nutrients" by creating a logistics system having fresh beef delivered twice a day and on display in the front of their shops, as well as inventing the hamburger bun.
kO7dW TIL when Tay Zonday made the "Chocolate Rain" video, he was doing PhD studies at the University of Minnesota in theater history & social change. He said: "I wrote 'Chocolate Rain' as a serious social commentary, but people re-sang the song with their own lyrics, often for the sake of comedy."