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TIL that after Winter War out of 5,572 soviet prisoners of war returned from Finland 4,354 were sentenced to imprisonment in labor camps and 232 executed

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wLXj1 TIL a tiger is heavily favored in a fight with a lion and a tiger once killed a lion with a single paw swipe at a zoo in Turkey
QJ9jE TIL that the game “Super 3D Noah’s Ark” started development as a Hellraiser game for the NES.
8bxP TIL the official city motto of Paris is “Fluctuat nec mergitur”, or “She is tossed by the waves but does not sink”
vEaD TIL that even through African-americans are only 13.6% of the population on USA, they account for 39.4% of the prisons, 52.5% of homicides and 35% of youth crimes.
v1VPL TIL A man has named Uzi Nissan has held the rights to Nissan.com for over 20 years despite Nissan Motors attempts to acquire the domain