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TIL That you probably know what “huh” means no matter what language you speak

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dDvk8 TIL the Free French general Henri Giraud resented the British so much, he refused to board the escape submarine HMS Seraph. Thus the submarine became USS Seraph, received an American co-captain, and the crew affected American accents.
LkKRZ TIL in 1911 one of the US House of Representatives members proposed an amendment that would abolish the Senate.
8agBZ TIL The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub.L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250) is an Act of Congress that amended the federal holiday provisions of the United States Code to establish the observance of certain holidays on Mondays (including Memorial Day, formerly May 30th). Signed: 6/28/1968; Effective: 1/1/1971
d8eJj TIL that Stephen King based his first novel, "Carrie", on two girls from his school. One was bullied for wearing used clothes, while the other was raised in a highly religious family. The first girl committed suicide by hanging herself at the age of 14, while the other died of an epileptic seizure.
80G TIL that in New York City all you need to legally pop open a fire hydrant on hot days is to be 18 and stop by your local firehouse to pick up a spray-cap