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TIL That during WW1 France built a replica of the city of Paris which included the Eiffel Tower and was located on the outskirts just in case of a German attack.

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kJZde TIL about Ring Theory; a psychological model that essentially serves as an instruction guide for who you are allowed to trauma dump on if you are emotionally affected from knowing someone that has experienced trauma.
VBRLB TIL the last european battle of WW2 was fought by Croatian fascists against Yugoslav partisans fighting weeks after the surrender of Germany
NX0e TIL: Battleships are obsolete and all have been decommissioned worldwide.
wLWG6 TIL of 6 suspected non-hijacked pilot suicides on commercial airlines: Japan Air Lines in 1982 (24 dead), SilkAir in 1997 (104 dead), EgyptAir in 1999 (217 dead), LAM Mozambique Airlines in 2013 (33 dead), Malaysia Airlines in 2014 (289 dead, plane not found), and Germanwings in 2015 (150 dead).
mR6E TIL in 2010, a 3-year old boy playing with his father’s metal detector for the first time discovered a 16th century golden pendant estimated to be worth $4 million.