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TIL 57% of the men mobilised in World War I died

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BbaD TIL that Pope John Paul II sent a letter to a US leader asking not to invade Iraq. When the Cardinal arrived he handed this letter to the President. He places this letter on a table without opening or reading it then told the cardinal that he, the president, “was convinced it was God’s will”.
dDy5B TIL in 2023 The Beatles 'final' song together, "Now and Then", became their 18th No. 1 single in the UK & the fastest-selling vinyl single of this century. In addition, it set the record for longest gap between No. 1 singles: 54 years. Their previous No. 1 was "The Ballad of John and Yoko" in 1969.
KO1g4 TIL that hitler was actually calm and had a rather deep voice when speaking privately.
xP0g TIL that the Germans used Churchill’s famous Tommy Gun portrait as Nazi propaganda
N7oG8 TIL that lemurs are among the largest pollinators (in terms of their size, not their scale of pollination)