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TIL that in Moscow, ballerinas and circus acrobats, armed with grenades and pistols, were ordered to assassinate German generals if they attempted to organise concerts and other celebrations upon taking the city.

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nKkW TIL The US Government and accountability office in 2012 released “a report about reports about reports that recommends the preparation of a report about the report about reports about reports.”
06Dy TIL a man faked mental illness to escape jail, was sent to an asylum and has been trying since to convince doctors he’s sane. He’s been diagnosed a psychopath ‘cause in part, “Faking mental illness to get out of a prison sentence is exactly the kind of manipulative act you’d expect of a psychopath.”
Wko69 TIL that the King Cobras are cannibals, they eat other snakes. Its venom is a pure neurotoxin. It kills by asphyxiation, brings a complete shutdown of the neuro system and breathing collapses. They can grow up to 18 feet long, king cobra can raise a third of its body and look a human in the eye.
4kVaJ TIL: Sperms were thought to move by wiggling their tails side-to-side, like eels, for 350 years. But research shows that they roll as they move forward like a spinning top.
wbVM TIL that divers searching a sunken wreck saw a hand in the murky water, grabbed it - and it grabbed back. More than 60 hours since the ship capsized, the cook was still alive. The sea water had acted as a CO2 scrubber keeping his compressed air pocket breathable.