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TIL of the "Ice City" dug into a glacier in the Alps during WW1 in the front between Austro-Hungary and Italy.

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WkgyL TIL of Lala the King Penguin trained to go to the fish shop alone
p86V8 TIL that the German Shepherd was officially known as the Alsatian in the UK from after the First World War until 1977 when its name was changed back to German Shepherd
R5Nb8 Today I learned that a key part of toilets is called the "Toilet Flapper." Another is called the "Ballcock"
0dkKj TIL that one of the highest parts of Earth's atmosphere between 500 and 1000km - Thermopause - does have the widest range of temperatures - between absolute zero and 1000'C
wLBW TIL that the Germans lost almost as many men unsuccessfully trying to capture an apartment building in Stalingrad as they did taking France in WWII