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TIL during the WWI Battle of Gallipoli, casualties were so horrific the Turks and Allied forces entered a ceasefire to bury the dead, during which the opposing armies traded cigarettes & souvenirs. After realizing their enemy weren't as evil as they thought, the Turks began to surrender en masse.

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WkjAA TIL that in the last 6 hours between the signing of the armistice to end WWI and it taking effect, 3000 soldiers were killed.
gMOL TIL the 2006 movie ‘Children of Men’ featured content depicting the London 2012 Olympic games
GApZ7 TIL humans can be born with tails.
LkoOZ TIL of Jennifer Asbenson, a woman who survived an encounter with a serial killer, Andrew Urdiales. He assaulted her, bound her, and put her into the trunk of his car. She broke free and ran away. He chased her with her a machete, but she signalled a passing truck and escaped. Urdiales had 8 victims.
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