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TIL that not a single member of the nazis apologized while at trial until 6 years ago

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XpY8 TIL that President James K. Polk’s last words were addressed to his wife, and he said, “I love you, Sarah. For all eternity, I love you.”
N7j5J TIL research suggests that a future Martian colony should grow and develop completely independently from Earth. Its members would relinquish their Earthly citizenship, have no nation on Earth to answer to, and only establish diplomatic and economic relations with new crews that land on the planet.
p86aQ TIL bears in china are caged as cubs and never released, with many kept caged for up to 30 years in a practice called "bile farming"
6EO6l TIL Andromeda is 6x bigger in the sky than the moon, and it's just too dim to see with the naked eye
E1bjp TIL Richard Phillips spent 45 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit — the longest verified sentence to have been served in error in America