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TIL the famine in China during the 1958-1962 Great Leap Forward was so bad there were several cases of cannibalism ocurring

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9Gg7 TIL that in 1984 Mcdonalds offered free Big Macs,Fries, or a Coke for each Gold Silver or Bronze in the Olympics. During that year the Soviet Union boycotted the US olympics and therefore the US got many more medals than expected which became a huge failure for Mcdonalds
GAe4N TIL That in 1942 the United States military increased the draft to include men ages 45-64.
6Ea9Y TIL Bruce Springsteen had 11 #1 albums in the US but never had a #1 single in the US. The closest he came was 1984's Dancing in the Dark, which hit #2.
4XeWw TIL of Joachim Neander - latin for "New Man"- a 17th century pastor who composed music inspired by a small German valley. That valley would be the site of the discovery of a new species of hominid called Neanderthal.
ZpaNo TIL that during the Battle of the Chateauguay, an American officer ordered the Canadian forces to surrender. However, because the American officer did not have a truce flag properly displayed, the Canadians simply shot and killed him.