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TIL Eric II, King of Denmark was known as Eric the Memorable. No one remembers why

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69YRZ TIL at the beginning of WWII some 2,500 generals served in the German armed forces. Many would wear their brightly colored and highly identifiable uniforms and vehicle insignia. This increased “personal battlefield lethality” and was a significant factor in debilitating the German war machine.
oBO1o TIL about International Church of Cannabis - the only worship space in America devoted to “Elevationism”.
0wGM1 TIL Meth was originally an over the counter drug used to cure obesity and depression
1RG4 TIL Kim Jong-il had his agricultural minister executed by firing squad due to the North Korean famine, and when the famine got worse he had men dig up his body and posthumously execute him by firing squad.
0mbp TIL: In 2006, Texas started arresting people for being drunk in bars