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TIL a third of the metal used to make the Tokyo tower came from damaged American tanks from the Korean war (1950-1953).

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gMbpb TIL Romania & Chad have (basically) the same flag
v1D84 TIL that out of more than 100 billion people who have lived and died on earth, only 24 have the first hand experience of seeing full circle of earth from space.
EgbEV TIL Gliese 710 is a star that is projected to flyby the solar system in 1.2 million years, at a distance of "only" 2 light-months. The closest star to us is currently 4.25 light-years away.
LkXkQ TIL Hitler's plan after occupying Moscow was to kill all its Residents and replace it with an artificial lake.
oR4D7 TIL in 10 years, mid '60s to mid '70s, the transport across the Atlantic went from steam powered liner ships to mach 2 supersonic airliner.