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

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pYAn4 TIL It’s likely that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt never had polio. Studies have suggested that Guillain–Barré syndrome caused his paralysis, and it was misdiagnosed as polio.
LkwD9 TIL of the Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, which by 2025 will accelerate to 430,000 mph and travel to (only) 4.3 million miles from the center of the Sun
oveR TIL every year in Detroit, MI they have “Devil’s Night,” where residents take to the streets to commit vandalism and arson
m1JlY TIL that the India–Pakistan border is distinctly visible from outer space due to the numerous floodlights installed by India to facilitate its monitoring.
kQBW TIL there is a part of Route 66 in New Mexico where the grooves in the road play “America the Beautiful” as you drive over it.