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TIL that household adventure brands such as The North Face, Timberland, Vans, Icebreaker, Altra plus a few others all belong to the same company VF Corporation.

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gv1A TIL During the Battle of the Bulge, American soldiers used knowledge of baseball to determine if others were fellow Americans or if they were German infiltrators in American uniforms.
vPXXK TIL: Only one major conspirator of the failed July 20th (Operation Valkyrie) plot to assassinate Hitler survived World War II. He went on to become a leading figure in NATO.
R5o46 TIL that from 1961 to 1993, 6 out of the 7 US Presidents were navy veterans.
nW9pd TIL Water has a density anomaly: Up to 4°C, its density actually increases. Warmer water is denser which makes it go down. That's why ice forms at the top of lakes, which insulates the rest of the water body, thereby protecting the aquatic life during harsh winters.
Bgm6r TIL that one of Ireland's biggest ever storms is known as "Night of the Big Wind"