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TIL that Knott's Berry Farm Started Out as a Berry Stand and Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant

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LQQEp TIL about the Battle of Graveney Marsh. In 1940, a German bomber was shot down over England, with it crash-landing near Graveney. The crew initially refused to surrender, and opened fire on approaching british troops. After a short battle, the german troops surrendered
loevN TIL 5,600 Americans died during the building of the Panama Canal, and 22,000 French workers died before the Americans took the job over.
jywM TIL of SS judge Georg Konrad Morgen, who investigated corruption and murder - in Nazi concentration camps. He investigated more than 800 people for criminal activity in the camps, over a period of two years. He prosecuted so many people that Heinrich Himmler had to directly order him to stop.
gMND4 TIL that 3 Dogs Survived the Titanic Catastrophe. A Pekingese and 2 Pomeranians were thought to have survived because they were kept in their owners’ first-class cabins instead of the kennel onboard the ship.
v1lwR TIL that Hitler slept until noon most days, including D-Day, so 2 crucial Panzer divisions under his exclusive control where unusable