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TIL During WW1 Sauerkraut was called liberty cabbage.

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5Vgwp TIL Werner Klemperer who played German Colonel Klink on the TV show Hogan’s Heroes had Jewish ancestry and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He said he would only take the role if the Nazi always looked like a fool.
kQW5 TIL that there are more museums in the U.S. than there are Starbucks and McDonalds - combined
Jy81 TIL a volcanologist died at an observation camp when Mount St. Helens exploded in 1980. He had agreed, for one day, to fill in for a colleague who was rotating out a third scientist based at the camp. The man rotated out died 11 years later during the Mount Unzen (Japan) eruption.
WkLGX TIL open plan offices are bad for business – workers are 15% less productive, have trouble concentrating, and are twice as likely to get sick.
1KNP TIL 3 of the 4 sunk US battleships at the Attack on Pearl Harbor were later raised, returned to service, and used to fight in World War II