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nebxb TIL In 1940, Churchill and De Gaulle briefly supported merging France and Britain into a single nation, with joint citizenship, a single currency, and a constitution.
VZG4 TIL that Henry Dow, founder of Dow Chemical, broke a German Monopoly on bromine by buying chemicals in America that the germans were selling at a loss to put him out of business, and reselling them in Germany for a profit.
pYZVQ TIL that the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolutionary War, was actually one of a series of treaties known as the Peace of Paris, which included two treaties signed in Versailles with France and Spain.
WkN69 TIL term "EGOT" was coined by Miami Vice actor Philip Michael Thomas who said he planned to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony within 5 years. As of 2019, he has yet to be nominated for any of the awards.
vPPr4 TIL the TV channel TLC was originally founded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and NASA to transmit educational lessons to children in schools.