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TIL: In 1918 over 200,000 people flooded the streets of Philadelphia for a parade during a pandemic, killing more than 12,000.

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AN7ao TIL that in 1942, Nazi Germany was patrolling off the North Carolina coast, and a British ship was sunk defending the NC coast.
e0LD4 TIL that in WW2, the Italian submarine “Leonardo Da Vinci” torpedoed the troopship “Empress of Canada”, while on a return journey. The ship sank and half of the resulting 392 deaths were Italian prisoners of war.
d8g5B TIL the term "robot" used to mean the compulsory labor of serfs, and the word "patent" used do mean "decree". Therefore, when the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II abolished serfdom, the decrees got to be called "robot patent" in English
nWr1P TIL David Bowie had the first version of My Way, later sung by Frank Sinatra.
nmN9 TIL eating “fat-free” foods can actually cause a greater gain in weight than eating regular high fat foods