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TIL of the Holodomor, “Extermination by hunger”, a man-made famine that killed millions in Soviet Ukraine

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695mm TIL there is a galaxy orbiting and crossing our own galaxy. Basically we have a dwarf galaxy in our galaxy.
Q6ee TIL a German unit in civilian clothes invaded Poland on August 26th, 1939 to capture a railway tunnel, unaware that the German invasion of Poland had been postponed.
E1bxx TIL former Russian president Yeltsin got drunk and wandered into the streets of Washington DC in his underwear, trying to get a pizza.
p1r4 TIL the WaterSaver Faucet Company began disciplining workers for “excessive use” of the bathroom, meaning they used their allocated six minutes per business day. They also gave workers gift cards as rewards for not using the bathroom at all in a day.
9Yklm TIL of Mamihlapinatapai, the "most succinct word and hardest to translate" that means "a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin."