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TIL that most of the 100,000 French soldiers evacuated at Dunkirk were quickly sent back to France. About half of them ended up redeployed against the Germans before the French surrender, and many were subsequently killed or captured.

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JYbR8 TIL about the saying "Cup of Joe". The meaning of the saying is a little unclear but it was narrowed down to 2 ideas. The term was either derived from "Cup of Jamoke", which is from Java and Mocha and then was shortened to Joe or it is using Joe as a fellow guy to signify the drink of a common man.
QJb4k TIL steppe eagle named Min was set out with SMS tracker attached by Russian researchers. Little did they know Min, a globetrotting eagle appeared in Iran and sent hundreds of texts with roaming rates that bankrupt scientific study.
LPQr TIL that the Chinese have developed a type of rice that can survive on seawater
W7yy8 TIL Companies save more than $3 billion a year in unspent gift cards.
XERD6 TIL There's a little hole in the bottom of the pusher on food processors so you can drizzle oils into vinaigrettes and other emulsions.