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TIL that 40% of Finnish POWs captured by the Red Army during WWII died in captivity.

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Wrg8 TIL Costa Rica is the only Latin American country to ban hunting for sport
neyXo TIL that Series 2 of the British sitcom Dad's Army has three episodes and two Christmas specials missing. This was because the BBC wiped them and reused the video tape to save money and storage.
R7a69 TIL that the treadmill on the International Space Station rests on dampers and springs, to prevent it from shaking the entire station whenever astronauts use it.
Y7xEA TIL that 'Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos' was taken off air in the middle of the first broadcast, when the owner of the network discovered the show and ordered "Get that shit off the air!"
ODXY TIL each American citizen pays on average $2,150 per year towards the national defense budget, the highest of any country