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TIL a computer programme called ePuzzler was developed in Germany to automatically piece together the documents the Stasi tried to shred after the fall of the Berlin wall based on torn edge characteristics, font and colour

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BDpK TIL: The average infantryman in the South Pacific during World War II saw about 40 days of combat in four years (10 days in one year). The average infantryman in Vietnam saw about 240 days of combat in one year thanks to the mobility of the helicopter.
R71Ga TIL that tin has ten natural isotopes, the most of any element
ANLLl TIL of FK Arkadag, a football club founded by the former Turkmenistan President in 2023. This non-corrupt team is so good that they were included in the Turkmenistan top flight right from its foundation and would go on to win 2 league titles and 1 Turkmenistan Cup, winning EVERY game along the way.
b9rQ0 TIL Some Midwesterners eat cinnamon rolls with their chili.
M1e7 TIL Thomas Jefferson and John Adams once traveled to Stratford-upon-Avon to visit Shakespeare’s birthplace. While there, they took a knife to one of Shakespeare’s chairs so they could take home some wood chips as souvenirs.