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TIL a former Soviet ship was placed into service by the US Navy.

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yWpJ TIL that Hitler’s plan for Moscow was to kill all residents and replace it with a lake
ddXE TIL Italy only became a unified country in 1861 by consolidating several smaller states under one centralized government.
9JGX TIL that low gravity makes it difficult to tell if your bladder is full, because the bladder’s stretch receptor nerves don’t feel the weight of the liquid. Astronauts are trained to empty their bladders every two hours because of this.
kmX7 TIL all of the JFK files are scheduled to be opened by the end of October.
oyWK TIL of the “Madagascar Plan”, a proposal of the Third Reich to relocate the Jewish population of Europe to the island of Madagascar