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TIL in 1945 after a compulsory viewing of a film on the holocaust, 1000 German POWs at Camp Butner burned their German uniforms in disgust

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Z6Y4 TIL that the popular candy coated chocolate known as Smarties in the rest of the world, is not sold in the United states. Instead, in the States, the smarties name rights is owned by the Smarties Candy Company, producers of the tablet candy “Smarties” (a.k.a. Rockets).
Zp8PQ TIL That England has scorpions.
99lD TIL on Christmas in 1914 German and Allied Troops had a truce and sang songs together, gave presents to each other, and played soccer.
vP4oK TIL that women’s susceptibility to motion sickness increases or decreases depending on the day of the menstrual cycle
W1go TIL that only 1/3 of the people in America really supported the American Revolution in 1776