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TIL Pennsylvania Leads the World in Junk Food Production

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lo5pG TIL at the start of the 1539 siege of Vienna by the Ottomans, their leader, Suleiman I, was so sure of his victory that he boasted that he would be having breakfast in Vienna cathedral within 14 days. 14 days later, the Austrians sent him a letter, telling him his breakfast was getting cold.
9wvE7 TIL that anyone who wishes to join the French Foreign Legion must do anonymously under an assumed name. After one year of service, the recruit may choose to officially give the legion their real name.
ERPp TIL that Pelican Case will give a free case to veterans who have lost limbs to carry their prosthetics.
W7rPL TIL “First They Came” was written by Martin Niemöller, a German pastor who initially supported Hitler but later opposed him. The poem is a powerful warning about staying silent in the face of injustice and how apathy enables oppression.
YBoW TIL that a British tail gunner in WWII jumped out of a plane without a parachute rather than burn to death. He fell 18,000 feet and survived. He was captured and questioned by the Gestapo. They were so impressed, they issued him a certificate verifying the story.