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TIL that despite is Germanic name, Auschwitz was not only located in Poland, but is a former Polish Army barracks

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7pxx TIL that at the age of 62, Wisdom the Albatross is the oldest known wild bird. Wisdom still circumnavigates the Pacific annually and just hatched her 30th child (at least) on Midway Atoll. Wisdom has flown 2 to 3 million miles since 1956. That’s equivalent to 4 to 6 trips to the Moon and back.
VB5bD TIL Morning Star is not just your planet Venus pretending to be a star, or an investment platform, it's also a brutal medieval weapon consisting of a spiked head mounted on a shaft
oBWd7 TIL AutoZone’s original name was “Auto Shack.” Radio Shack threatened to sue and it led to the name change. Years later, Radio Shack had a section which used the word “zone” in its name and was sued by AutoZone.
dDX47 TIL that in the United States Virgin Islands cars travel on the left side of the road, it is the only place in the United States that does this.
1aRGW TIL That in the Ukrainian language, the word Chernobyl: "чорнобиль" means wormwood. In the Book of Revelation, Wormwood is the fallen star that poisons the waters of the earth.