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TIL Nicosia, Cyprus is the only capital city in the world divided between two separate countries. Furthermore, both countries claim it as their capital making it also the only city in the world that is the capital for more than one nation.

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rOlx TIL that German Gen. Erwin Rommel earned mutual respect with the Allies in WWII from his genius and humane tactics. He refused to kill Jewish prisoners, paid POWs for their labor, punished troops for killing civilians, fought alongside his troops, and even plotted to remove Hitler from power.
b6ewN TIL that, 1.7 billion years ago, there was a naturally occurring nuclear reactor that produced power for hundreds of thousands of years.
wR7E TIL the very first barcode scanned was for a pack of Juicy Fruit in Troy, Ohio on June 26, 1974. The pack of gum and its receipt are now on display at the Smithsonian Institute.
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0B8L TIL the German Reichstag/parliament in 1933 voted to give Hitler absolute control. 1 person spoke against it:Social Democratic leader Otto Wels, who spoke the last free words in the Reichstag:“You can take our lives & our freedom, but you cannot take our honor. We are defenseless but not honorless.”