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TIL in 1941 Harry Truman said “If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia, and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible.”

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6Ek6Z TIL that for his performance at a comedy club, Andy Kaufman once brought a sleeping bag onto the stage, curled into it, and spent his entire act napping before the audience.
6407 TIL the reason the Toronto Maple Leafs are not called the Maple “Leaves” is because the name was chosen in honor of the Maple Leaf Regiment from WWI. Since the regiment is a proper noun, its plural is Maple Leafs and not Leaves.
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