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TIL We spend up to 47 percent of our waking lives letting our minds wander.

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OojOY TIL in Battle of Wizna (1939), 700 Polish soldiers defended their fortified line for 3 days against 40,000 Germans. In the end, German forces broke through the line with 1400 casualties. For Poland, only around 70 Poles survived, got captured and eventually taken to camps
7NN7 TIL that Billy Mulligan, suffered from multiple personality disorder in most outstanding way, with world record of 24 personalities. Some of his personalities spoke languages that Billy never learned. They were aware of each other’s presence within Billy, and agreed to live together in cooperation.
R57N4 TIL that there were Italian POWs in Riverside, California in 1942
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