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TIL, Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern military salute

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RJJl TIL that in 1966, the U.S. Postal Service switched from using passenger trains to transport the majority of mail to using trucks and airplanes. The loss in revenue caused passenger rail to become unprofitable in the United States.
a84eb TIL During WWII, German POWs were shipped to the US state of Montana to help pick crops.
n6Bo TIL the United States spends $10,500 per child on education each year, and $88,000 on each child incarcerated.
KOkZw TIL: Uncle Sam is the personification of the US Government, Columbia is the personification of the US People.
ne9Qr TIL Hitler was so paranoid that the British would poison him so he had 15 girls taste the food before he ate it himself. ""The food was delicious, only the best vegetables, asparagus, bell peppers, everything you can imagine", food taster Margot Woelk recalled