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TIL extermination camp Treblinka II was disguised as a transit camp for deportations further east, complete with made-up train schedules, a fake train-station clock with hands painted on it, names of destinations and a fake ticket window.

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XXrR TIL that approximately 6% of divorced couples remarry the same person
160J7 TIL that during World War II, Japan launched “Kikusui” or “Floating Chrysanthemum,” a campaign using balloon bombs to target the U.S. These bombs aimed to cause damage and instill fear. While most failed, one incident in 1945 resulted in the deaths of six people in Oregon.
Zeev TIL Walt Disney often acted out all the characters and stories at production meetings and “was just as great as Chaplin”. His staff often thought that Disney could have been a great actor or comedian
YX8W TIL that the Dalai Lama supports gay rights, and once said, “If two males or two females voluntarily agree to have mutual satisfaction without further implication of harming others, then it is okay.”
M7aW TIL A woman from England can see 99 million more colours than the rest of the worlds population.