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TIL there is a tower made out of skulls in Serbia

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rmBw TIL Starship Troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five US military branches
BrMPy TIL That the first Christmas party held at the US Embassy in the USSR featured three performing seals, who came into the room balancing a Christmas tree, a tray of glasses, and a bottle of champagne. Afterward, the seal's trainer (quite drunk), passed out, and the seals galloped freely in the house.
wLE9E TIL: During the Thirty Years' War, Count Von Tilly of the imperial army declared that if anyone in Rothenburg ob der Tauber could drink a tank of wine (3.25 liters) in one go, he would spare the town and move on. The mayor of the town obliged, prompting the army to leave.
6EP4Q TIL Nestlé once gave mothers in third world nations baby formula which lasted just long enough for their breast milk to run which caused infant deaths due to lack of ability and knowledge to properly prepare the formula
E160P TIL Homosexuality was still classified as an illness in Sweden in 1979. Swedes used this to call into work “sick,” saying they “felt gay.”