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TIL that "Made in Germany" was used in the UK as a warning of allegedly inferior German products. Over time, they turned out to be of excellent quality, establishing the brand as a seal of quality.

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RE97 TIL that when Queen Elizabeth’s children were pressured to evacuate to Canada during WWII, she declared, “The children won’t go without me. I won’t leave without the King. And the King will never leave.”
KOWR9 TIL that a Banana Splits movie was released in 2019; but instead of being for kids, the story involves the titular characters going on a murderous rampage in the studio upon finding out that their show has been cancelled.
eOOL TIL you don’t need to do anything special to legally change your last name in the UK. You just write on a piece of paper what your previous name was, what you want your new name to be, and get it signed by two people. Works for passports and everything.
VBMKp TIL during WWI, the US Army called upon elderly Confederates to teach its recruits the famous "rebel yell" so they could use it when going over the top
YNDG TIL that the US military briefly investigated the Journal of Irreproducible Results, a comedic publication satirizing academia, after finding their joke article on how to build a nuclear bomb filed away at the abandoned Al Qaeda headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan.