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TIL Germans call mobile phones "Handies". eg Klaus gave Otto a Handy for his Birthday.

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mxwmP TIL The paint colour Suffolk Pink was first created by adding berries to white wash and also using pig's blood to thicken the paint.
RG61 TIL of the Battle for Castle Itter where defected Wehrmacht soldiers requested the help of American soldiers to help defend the castle from the Waffen-SS, who planned to execute the French VIP’s inside. It is the only known battle in World War II where the German and American armies fought together.
gMBa9 TIL: Massive ant swarms on the sidewalk are not ants gathering food or establishing a colony but actually "large scale" territorial ant wars between two colonies
l7lA TIL that women can walk around topless in New York
0eYL TIL whilst working as an army chaplain just before WW1 Rev. Reginald Dean drank an ‘immortality potion’ given to him by an indian doctor. Now Britain’s oldest man, last week he celebrated his 110th birthday.