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TIL That Vietnam has the most favorable view of the United States in the world

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awXkL TIL Disney started the myth that lemming commit suicide by forcing them off of a cliff
GYaPN TIL of the traditional "Honors of War", where surrendering armies would leave the battlefield with banners waving honorably and their band playing the enemy's anthem. After winning the American Revolution, George Washington famously refused to allow the British to play an American or French song
KOB8a TIL Henry Ford anti-semitic propaganda was likely the most sustained printed attacks on Jews the world had ever seen at his time -“I regard Henry Ford as my inspiration,” Hitler told the News.
BrLjy TIL the toaster was invented by Scotsman Alan MacMasters in 1893 and has not changed much since.
WkknA Dust storms on the surface of Mars wouldn’t be so damaging since the atmospheric density is so low (density of Martian air is only 1 percent that of Earth).