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TIL When the Americans took the Concentration Camp, Dachau, they Gunned down the Surrendering Germans and took no Prisoners for a Month

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nxVb TIL: “Honeymoon” is named after the mead (honey wine) supplied by the bride’s father to his new son-in-law.
kOKp4 TIL Smokey and the Bandit was Alfred Hitchcock’s favorite movie
9wwpB TIL the Boeing 747 can carry an extra engine on its wing. Airlines used to use this capability regularly, when engines were less reliable, to deliver replacements to their stranded planes.
xVlLk TIL although corned beef was originally produced in Ireland it was mostly consumed by Britain and America as the Irish raising the beef were too poor to afford it.
M5RW TIL historically syphilis was called “French disease” by the Italians, “Italian disease” by the French, “Spanish disease” by the Dutch, and “Christian Disease” by the Turks