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TIL Hitler stated in his last will and testament that he died "with a joyful heart" and that "it is untrue that I wanted war" - he went on to specify exact times there was a German diplomatic appeal for the cessation of hostilities, mostly with Britain.

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Y71gZ TIL The 1955 Le Mans disaster was a major crash that occurred on 11 June 1955 during the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race at Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Large pieces of debris flew into the crowd, killing 83 spectators and French driver Pierre Levegh, and injuring around 120 more.
GAPWQ TIL Via Transilvanica hiking trail in Romania is probably the longest outdoor art exhibition in the world. The path is 1400km long and for each kilometer there is an andesite stone bollard marking the trail, each one hand-sculpted with a unique design.
MLN8 TIL in 1926 a Pasadena mailman planted some avocado seeds intending to graft with the desirable Fuerte variety. The graft repeatedly failed on one tree and he was going to cut it down, but was advised to “wait and see what happens”. It became the mother tree from which all Hass avocados originate.
9YAB6 TIL that a Brazilian man announced he would be burying his $500,000 Bentley so he could use it in the after life. After alot of critique about him wasting money it turned out that it was a PR stund for organ donations.
jWgn TIL Evolution doesn’t “plan” to improve an organism’s fitness to survive; it is simply a goalless process where random mutations can aid, hinder or have no effect on an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce