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TIL that a bear was adopted by the Polish Forces during World War 2.

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Mepk7 TIL about the Great Papago Escape where twenty-five Germans successfully tunneled out of an Arizona POW camp near Phoenix. They built a raft, hoping to float their way down the Salt River, and eventually into the Gulf of California. Their plan failed when they learned the river was mostly dry.
NXeeM TIL Carbonara didn't exist before WWII and likely came from US Military supplies of eggs and bacon in Italy during WWII.
Z80pG TIL that according to Cambridge Computer Scientists who collected over 300 million facts, the most boring day in history was April 11th, 1954.
oBE5L TIL: Figure Skating got its name from skaters' abilities to trace patterns on the ice to be judged for motor control and accuracy. The rise of broadcasting the sport made the art difficult to follow on TV, so tracing was dropped in 1991, and younger athletes began winning based on difficult leaping.
BnK TIL JK Rowling seriously considered killing off Ron Weasley mid-series because she was ‘in an unhappy place.’