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TIL a theme park in Lithuania recreates life as a USSR citizen. Visitors have their belongings confiscated, wear gas masks, experience interrogation, and must learn the Soviet anthem. Their reward is a shot of vodka.

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8BDV TIL that a man raped his son’s rapist for revenge.
wo5W8 TIL: That The U.S. Department of Energy has set the maximum shelf life for gasoline at six months when stored properly. With that said, most experts agree that as long as fuel is kept fresh and free of contaminants, it can last up to three years.
K77B TIL the Maunder minimum was a period of record-low sunspot activity that lasted from 1645 to 1715. This period coincides with the Little Ice Age and suggested to scientists that solar activity plays a major role in Earth’s climate.
l7exB TIL that a juvenile orca started a fashion trend of wearing dead salmon as a hat and the whole group started wearing them.
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