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TIL Germans and Americans fought side by side during WWII.

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9V9Q TIL actor/martial artist Joe Son, who played “Random Task” in Austin Powers, was sentenced to life in prison in 2011 for the gang rape/torture of a woman in 1990 due to being arrested in 2008 for vandalism and submitting a DNA sample.
oRe0Y TIL that under the ADA, service dogs must be leashed or tethered at all times, unless the person's disability prevents it, and emotional support dogs are not recognized as service dogs.
jVZN TIL, among other health benefits, wasabi kills e-coli and other food born bacteria.
1ajKD TIL that there is a deadly stream in England that accelerates water from a 30-foot-wide river through a small gap called the Bolton Strid. Rumor has it that no one who fell in has ever gotten out alive.
v1Jxj TIL about the Kentucky Meat Shower, an incident in which chunks of meat mysteriously fell from the sky in 1876.