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XE0JR TIL of the Carlisle Indians who pioneered many trick plays still used in football. They were so successful that the NCAA spent off-seasons creating rules to prevent their trickery. Famous names associated with the team include Jim Thorpe & Pop Warner.
b9QJ7 TIL commanders in the Hitlerbunker would cold-call Berlin numbers to keep track of the Soviet advance. They were eventually doomed when a Russian picked up the phone and said "Ivan is here".
yVYjl TIL Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King met Hitler in 1937, thinking he could establish a lasting peace in Europe with Hitler. After the meeting he compared Hitler to Joan of Arc.
yQ1ra TIL Of Nicholas Winton who was known for organizing the rescue of 669 Czech children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia during the 9 months before war broke out in 1939.
E1yv0 TIL that a Russian railway company once proposed a super highway that would connect New York City to London by going west from NYC.