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TIL of the 270 moon rocks the US gifted to the world, 180 are currently unaccounted for.

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wL4PE TIL "Spandau" was the manufacturer of Nazi machine guns - when the weapon was fired at someone's shins they would dance around, in a "Spandau Ballet"
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LQxW0 TIL landscape was sacred for Hittites: "No one violates a boundary or road, for boundaries are the knees of the Storm-god and a road is his chest. If someone violates a boundary, he makes the Storm-god weary in his knees, if someone violates a road, he makes the Storm-god weary in his chest."
gQjA TIL burglars once broke into Dolph Lundgren’s home without knowing it was his, they fled after seeing a family picture and realized he lived there.
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