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TIL of Bulgaria’s role during World War II as a part of the Axis. Did not participate in the war vs the Soviet Union, reluctant to send Jews to the Holocaust, had no resistance to the incoming Red Army to “liberate” them in Sept. 1944, and ended the war with slightly more land!

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NXLYe TIL near the end of her life, Ada Lovelace had a religious transformation and began to repent the conduct of her life. After confessing something to her husband 3 months before her death, he abandoned her bedside. It is not known what she told him.
gMREL TIL the largest unclaimed lottery prize was £63,837,543.60 ($83,163,402.36), won in the UK.
WkRKX TIL Walt Disney had a neat little private apartment above the fire house off the Town Square in Disneyland complete with with a 2nd floor terrace. Even today there is always a lamp burning in the window above the old firehouse
P1adZ TIL that there is a Colombian serial killer named Pedro López who has murdered up to 350 children. He was imprisoned but released after 14 years for "Good behavior"
b6M09 TIL that the Universe's average colour is called 'Cosmic latte'. In a 2002 study, astronomers found that the light coming from galaxies averaged into a beige colour that’s close to white.