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TIL: Bill Nye’s father was in a POW camp for four years during WWII

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MrpA TIL ancient egyptians used a method of multiplication and division which is completely different to our own, but very similar to that used by computers (video 7:04)
d8v1j TIL the Army’s 4th infantry division is called the “Ivy Division”, because the Roman numeral for 4 is IV
Q9dM TIL that some Americans are upset about sharing a local Costco with Canadians because they’re clogging checkout lines, blocking aisles and taking up parking spots. Costco had to hire off-duty police officers to keep the peace in the parking lot as drivers literally fought for empty spots.
pbBN TIL that United Airlines suffered from a 10% fall of stock prices after Dave Carroll released the musicvideo “United Breaks Guitars”
yQ6gV TIL almost 10% of all the concrete used in the WW2 German Atlantic Wall went on the fortification of the tiny Channel islands. The 1944 allied invasion of France simply ignored them, finally liberating them in May 1945.