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TIL Adolf Hitler, JRR Tolkien, and Anne Frank's father all fought in the Battle of the Somme

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QJ6Q6 TIL in 1991, comic book writer Fabian Nicieza released a series called NFL SuperPro, starring an ex-NFL player superhero, with the main villain being an assassin called Instant Replay. Nicieza later revealed that his sole motivation for writing the series was getting free New York Jets tickets
7rPnM TIL the phrase 'Knock on Wood' derives from the pagan belief that malevolent spirits inhabited wood, and that if you expressed a hope for the future you should touch, or knock on, wood to prevent the spirits from hearing and presumably preventing your hopes from coming true.
jNoQX TIL an Ohio judge once sentenced a woman to spend a day at the "Stinkiest, smelliest" section of a landfill, as a punishment for neglecting her dog. "If you puke, you puke."
9YvXr TIL: McDonald's used to have a mascot named Captain Crook who stole Filet-O-Fish sandwiches, as opposed to the Hamburglar's hamburger thievery.
p8ok4 TIL in the European microstate of Andorra, the president of France serves as a co-prince (along with the Bishop of Catalonia), and is thus an elected monarch.