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Til- There was an Indian SS Legion

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R5eA4 TIL that a snowflake takes 1 hour to fall from a cloud to the ground
PYGXg TIL that the Ancient Egyptians had a solar calendar with 365 days, and was a basis on which the Julian calendar was established in Rome.
awovL TIL there is a monument dedicated to Benedict Arnold's leg in New York.
KOOX9 TIL at the beginning of his performance at Carnegie Hall, Andy Kaufman invited his "grandmother" to watch the show from a chair he had placed at the side of the stage. At the end of the show, she stood up, took her mask off and revealed that she was actually comedian Robin Williams in disguise.
nM87 TIL before alarm clocks, people were employed as “knocker uppers” to go around and knock on doors to wake people up.