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TIL that in 1963 a man from eastern Germany stole a tank and drove it into the Berlin wall, fleeing to the western side of the country

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xVg90 TIL, what a horrifying place the world is.
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WmrN Today I learned that the price of admission for a zoo in 18th century England was a dog or a cat – they were fed to the lions.
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