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TIL April, 1945, was quite a month, three major leaders of World War II died: FDR, Hitler, Mussolini

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v1Py8 TIL that the Vjosa river is the last untamed river in Europe
p88je Short answer: A chip is all crust
W7gjX TIL Space Poop Challenge, a 2016 contest sponsored by NASA for new designs of space toilet systems for use in space suits, requesting "proposed solutions for fecal, urine, and menstrual management systems to be used in the crew’s launch and entry suits over a continuous duration of up to 144 hours".
4y1R TIL an Austrian scientist created goggles that turned his vision completely upside down. Stumbling and tripping over everything at first, in just 5 days his brain completely adapted to the vision change and he saw everything as ‘normal.’
RJYl TIL A species of bird called the Passenger Pigeon once numbered in the billions in the US, and flocks passing overhead would blot out the sun sometimes for hours or days. They were hunted to extinction for their meat by 1900.