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TIL that Russia and Japan have not officially ended World War II.

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nWaRP TIL of Juan Pujol García, a Spanish spy from WWII. After the British Army turned him down, he joined the Nazis, and became a double agent, working for the British. Juan is now one of the few people who have received both an MBE from King George and an Iron Cross from Hitler.
BrVPb TIL birds are not affected by capsaicin - the chemical compound that makes spicy peppers feel hot. So you can keep squirrels and other animals out of bird feeders by adding some hot peppers.
9wYb6 TIL Smoke following people around a fire is due to hot air rising from the fire and drawing cold air towards it. A person would block cold air from flowing in that particular location, causing the hot air, along with the smoke, to seemingly follow the person.
4k1oR TIL Canada almost had a constitutional crisis during WWI due to imposing conscription; English Canadians supported the war due to British ties while French Canadians were adamantly against the war due to lack of loyalty to the UK or France
0J4M TIL in Yakutsk, Russia, the coldest city on earth, residents often keep their cars running all day to ensure they can get home and they are advised not to wear glasses in fear that they will freeze to the face and rip off skin.