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TIL that American and German soldiers teamed up against the Nazis in a battle for a medieval castle

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EJyP TIL scientists once recruited theater students to stumble drunkenly into 153 Norwegian bars and ask for another drink. They found that bartenders were much more likely to over-serve drunk women than men.
6EGYW TIL the verb “eavesdrop” is a back-formation from the noun “eavesdropper”, which was formed from the unrelated noun eavesdrop (“the dripping of water from the eaves of a house”). An eavesdropper was someone who stands at the eavesdrop (i.e., next to the house) so as to hear what is said within.
E1x7p TIL that in the game Uno, you are only supposed to play a "+4" card if you have no other playable cards. If you play it and someone challenges you, you need to show your cards. If incorrectly played, you have to pick up 4 yourself, but if correct then the challenger must pick up 6.
rwQM TIL that Mormons believe that in 1978, God changed his mind about black people.
4wWb TIL learned that in the 1790s, the Guillotine was so popular, they made child sized one for kids to behead their dolls and rodents, and the wealthy had tiny ones on their dining table, for slicing bread.