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TIL Russian and Japan still haven’t signed a peace treaty to end World War II

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PYZ9E TIL That the number zero was invented in India more than a thousand years ago
QJLXX TIL That someone tried to buy a Harrier jet from Pepsi for $700k dollars as a result of an ad that promoted the aircraft for 7 million Pepsi points
kJog7 TIL: Danny Antonucci, creator of the universally-acclaimed "Ed, Edd & Eddy", had an earlier animated series on MTV, "The Brothers Grunt". It lasted only 7 months, and is considered to be one of the worst televisions shows ever made.
78OVx TIL in May 1945, the 12th Army Group under the command of Omar Bradley numbered 1.3 million men in 43 divisions, and is the largest group of US soldiers to ever serve under an American field commander.
KObJJ TIL that in the US, production of alarm clocks was allowed in 1944, despite them containing brass needed for war materials, because workers kept missing their shifts due to a critical alarm clock shortage.