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TIL Hitler never used the word "Swastika" let alone use the Hindu symbol. He called it the "Hooked Cross"("Haken Kreuz")

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6Ea0W TIL "Jaws" is not the name of the shark, in the movie or the book. The author (Peter Benchley) chose the title 20 min. before the book went into production, after mulling over ~125 other options. When asked "What does [Jaws] mean?" Benchley said "I don't know, but it's short & it fits on a jacket."
GQ1 TIL North Korea has slave camps in Siberia, where slaves still believe they are in North Korea
E1d9X TIL Rage Against the Machine unsuccessfully sued the State Department for using their song "Killing in the name of" in torture methods at Guantanamo Bay.
78Dxb TIL Purolator Courier is owned by Canada Post
OoW76 TIL about the Expulsion of the Acadians, the forced removal by the British of the Acadian people who refused to sign an unconditional oath of allegiance to Britain during the French and Indian War. Many settled in Louisiana. The French word "Acadien" evolved and was anglicized as the word "Cajun".