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TIL an El Salvadorian diplomat secretly issued false Salvadoran papers to 13000 Jews saving in total 40000 lives. He only gave one interview before his death and has received little recognition.

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BVpK TIL that while bored during his work with the Manhattan Project Richard Feynman would amuse himself by picking the locks of his colleges confidential file cabinets and placing prank notes, his colleges believed a spy had infiltrated the project.
xVY0B TIL Dogs don't start wagging their tails until they're three to four weeks old.
7rwEx TIL we don't really have a clear understanding of how the Moon formed. There are theories ranging from a planetary collision billions of years ago, to a multitude of smaller collisions resulting in enough mass for it to form. But even then, our moon behaves differently than others in our galaxy.
OrWe TIL Ketchup barely goes bad. It is good two years past its expiration date. And then it can go a year in the fridge or a few months room temperature.