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TIL of Palenquero, a Spanish-based creole spoken in the Colombian town of San Basilio de Palenque that mixes Spanish with Kikongo, a language spoken in the Congo region of Africa. It is the last Spanish-based creole language of its kind in Latin America.

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OoxXY TIL that there is a law called Godwin's law saying that if an online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on long enough, sooner or later someone will compare someone or something to Adolf Hitler or his deeds, the point at which effectively the discussion or thread often ends.
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LKY0 TIL that days after Hitler’s suicide a group of American soldiers, French prisoners, German soldiers defended an Austrian castle against an SS division. This was the only time Germans and Allies fought together in World War II.
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WWeA TIL When Marquis de Lafayette died, President Jackson ordered that he receive the same memorial honors bestowed on Washington’s death. Both Houses of Congress were draped in black bunting for 30 days.