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TIL the film U-571 caused issues in the UK. It depicted British sailors as American. The film depicts the capture of the first naval enigma machine. In reality, the US had not joined the war at this point. The US did not capture a naval enigma machine until long after the code had been broken.

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epRXL TIL that honey has long been known to be a natural antiseptic, and can promote wound healing, mainly due the natural creation of hydrogen peroxide by enzymes.
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