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TIL: 92 Russians died for every 1 American in WWII
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TIL the term "meme" was created by Richard Dawkins in 1976 as a shortened version of the Greek word mimeme, which means imitated thing.
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TIL : Don King, famed boxing promoter stomped one of his employees to death, however he only spent 3 years and 11 months in jail.
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TIL the 109-carat Diamond set in the British Royal Crown was mined over 700 years ago and is one of the world’s largest known Diamonds. It was stolen from India by Queen Victoria in their surrender to Britain in the 19th Century and shall be worn by Kate Middleton should Prince William become King.
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TIL 'Contact Lost' (2003) by Deep Purple was composed within ONE HOUR as a tribute to the Columbia Disaster.
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TIL Barysaw, Belarus, is divided by the river into old and new parts connected by two bridges. As usual for this region, families live mostly in flats in large, modern apartment buildings, but there are some single-family homes on the outskirts, some of which do not yet have indoor plumbing