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TIL Hitler was not a German citizen by birth. He was born in Austria and it was only in 1932 that he became a citizen of the country.

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G5kQ TIL that Navy Seals who carried out the Bin Laden kill mission, forgot to bring a tape measure and had to measure Laden’s height by making a six feet tall Seal lie down next to Laden’s corpse.
MV7a TIL there is a plan to elect the US president by popular vote that doesn’t require a constitutional change and it 49% complete.
OoDE7 TIL The US has more land suitable for producing maple syrup than Canada does, and only a small geographic portion of Canada is suitable to grow sugar maples.
N7E7e TIL Dr. William Dove was able to produce unicorn (single-horn) rams, goats, and a bull in 1930 by moving the un-anchored horn buds of the animal and trimming them so that they fit together. Dove reported that his unicorn bull became the leader of its herd and was very rarely challenged by others.
Z8yER TIL Wendy’s “Where’s the beef?” Lady was fired after she appeared in a Prego ad saying, “I found it!”