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TIL that Hitler’s plan for Moscow was to kill all residents and replace it with a lake

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wx9P TIL that during WWII, Stigler a German pilot with 22 victories, spotted a badly damaged American B-17 Bomber. He noticed that the tail gunner was dead and they posed no threat. Instead of shooting it down, he escorted it to safety. 40 years later, the pilots reunited and became buddies.
VOnk TIL that there are TWO famous guys named Hippocrates. One for medicine and one for mathematics.
6E9om TIL: In Oceans 11, Rusty (Brad Pitt) was eating in every scene he was in. This was Brad Pitts Idea.
wKd1 TIL there is an 80 Million year old species made up entirely of females. “Bdelloid rotifers are to microscopic life as Rogue is to the X-Men.” They steal DNA from other organisms, mutating their own genes to absorb new traits. They can also survive 9 yrs of Desiccation.
PgGw TIL at the start of the Civil War, General Robert E. Lee said “I look upon secession as anarchy…but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?”