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TIL The Soviet Union declared war on Japan between atomic weapons being dropped.

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0wA9v TIL Aristotle believed the universe had existed forever. Something eternal is more perfect than something created. He suggested the reason we see progress was that floods, or other natural disasters, had repeatedly set civilization back to the beginning
R7XR1 TIL about Tim Cordes, a physician with blindness. He was the third blind medical student in the U.S in 1998. Despite his impressive resume, the University of Wisconsin's medical school was the only one to accept him. They accommodated him and his service dog,Vance, went with him to clinicals.
R5V0w TIL George Michael, the creator and singer of Wham!’s “Last Christmas”, died on Christmas Day in 2016.
bdxj TIL Male dolphins have been known to masturbate by wrapping a live eel around their penis.
96rM TIL Justin the First started off as an illiterate peasant swine herder, rose through the ranks in the army, and was elected Emperor of the Roman Empire