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TIL Greenland is part of North America
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TIL Chicago had its very own German newspaper focused on Anarchy, called the Arbeiter-Zeitung or Worker's newspaper
8mba
TIL: In WWII King George VI was at war with Nazi Germany as King of the UK, but as King of Ireland he was at peace with Germany and validated the credentials of German ambassadors. After WWII he was at war with himself as King of Pakistan and seperately King of India
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TIL: The movie 'Last Christmas', is based on the 1984 Wham! song written by George Michael, and the story setting is Christmas 2017. With that perspective in mind, "last Christmas" would mean December 25, 2016, which is the exact same day that George Michael died.
QJ67L
TIL that the "Candy bar protest", also known as "the 5 cent chocolate war", "the 5 cent war", and "the chocolate candy bar strike", was a short-lived 1947 protest by Canadian children over the increase in price of chocolate bars from five to eight cents.
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TIL a man called Silvio Gesell once created ‘free money’ that depreciated over time. This money brought a german town out of an economic slump and eventually became accepted by banks.