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TIL in 1986, the United States suspended New Zealand from the ANZUS treaty after New Zealand declared a section of their waters a nuclear free zone

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4XV15 TIL the fact that there are seven days to the week, internationally, and that the Sun day is followed by the Moon day, happened thanks to ancient Mesopotamia or Egypt passing it on to Greece, Rome, India, Japan...
4X6AN TIL that the skull the Russians used to prove Hitler's death is actually the skull of a women
4w0g TIL the second American in space had hayfever and was almost disqualified from astronaut training, until NASA realised the absence of pollen in space
P1kDg TIL of the phenomenon known as "Twin Films," in which two movie studios simultaneously release the same type of movie.
Oo8V1 TIL that butterflies sometimes drink turtle's tears to get the necessary sodium for their diet