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TIL that Soviet Unions party's last chief treasurer allegedly killed himself in 1991, he was responsible for the party's assets, estimated to be worth nearly $9 billion, which have never been located since

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E14ZX TIL a very nearsighted person can see more or less normally underwater because of the faulty refractive index of the eye is negated by the waters refractive index
VBlgZ TIL the British monarchy is still eligible to receive assets of some of their citizens that die intestate
OoGmg TIL Bedbugs were almost eradicated but are on the rise in the United States.
b9MKa TIL in 2002, an art critic judged Hitlers paintings as "good" without knowing who painted them but said "The different style in which he drew human figures represented a profound disinterest in people"
18Lr TIL the U.S. Army illegally performed “psychological operations” to manipulate American senators into providing more troops and war funding – and when an officer tried to stop the operation, he was railroaded by military investigators.