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TIL during Christmas of 1914, a truce was held between Germany and the UK. They decorated their shelters, exchanged gifts across no mans land and played a game of football between themselves.

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78Jgb TIL - In 1980, Libya overtook the United States in GDP per capita. This was the only time in history that an African country had ever done so.
5YL98 TIL of Kirk Alexander, a man who ordered from his local Domino's almost every night for 10 years. When he hadn't ordered anything for 11 days at the end of 2016, the manager of that Domino's grew concerned, sent a deliveryman to check up on him and called 911. He was found in critical condition.
W7pGB TIL that “air-chilled” chicken differs from traditional aka “water-chilled” chicken, and results in less water absorption, more flavor, and lower risk of cross contamination. Air chilled chicken has been widely available in Europe for decades, but relatively recently become popular in the USA.
xG8w TIL- The largest family to survive Auschwitz intact also had more Dwarfs than any other family ever recorded. Josef Mengele arranged for them to have special living quarters since Dwarfs were so hard to find for his experiments.
eN4J TIL of Alamjan Nematilaev who in 2003, aged 7, went to a hospital after movements were detected in his enlarged abdomen. An operation intended to remove a cyst uncovered the fetus of Alamjan’s identical twin brother, which had lived as a parasitic growth inside the boy throughout his entire life.