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TIL C.W. Post (founder of Post cereals) suffered several mental breakdowns. His doctor’s name? John Harvey Kellogg, inventor of corn flakes.

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PYAPe TIL that British and American commanders ensured the liberation of Paris on 25 August 1944 was a "Whites Only" victory. Most of Charles De Gaulle's Free French Army were African colonial soldiers who fought valiantly to liberate Paris but were stripped of uniform, sent home and denied pensions.
D1BvY TIL that in preparation for animating WALL-E, the film's story crew and animation crew would watch a Buster Keaton film and a Charlie Chaplin film every day for almost a year, to be able to convey emotions silently and effectively
b6RA7 TIL that until recently, steel used for scientific and medical purposes had to be sourced from sunken battleships as any steel produced after 1945 was contaminated with radiation.
KOd46 TIL The British eat over 3,500,000,000 sandwiches every year
DQgLY TIL because of the US Neutrality act at the start of WWII, the US delivered planes to the US-Canadian border and Britain pulled the across using horses or trucks.