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TIL ironically, the French flew the white flag as a symbol of military command.

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GAZd5 TIL that the state of Washington has a small town named ‘George.’ George, Washington lies in the center of the state.
WkoQA TIL in World War I, deep fried potato batons were popular among American soldiers stationed in Belgian after they were served to the British for their love of chips. As, the language locally and of the Belgian Army at the time was French, they thought they were in France naming them ‘French fries’.
GK6G TIL Kanye West sampled a song by Aphex Twin, tried to avoid paying for it and claim he had written it, and when Aphex offered to redo the sample for him, the response was, “It’s not yours, it’s ours, and we’re not even asking you anymore.”
GA9ag TIL of Albert Stevens, who was part of an experiment where he was unknowingly injected with radioactive plutonium after being diagnosed with cancer, ultimately for doctors to find that he never actually had cancer
j9nN TIL that a man from Pennsylvania was accidentally credited $92 quadrillion by PayPal and was the richest man in the world for 2 minutes.