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TIL the allies had an alcoholic Nazi-hating bear to help them in WWII

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KO0A9 TIL that Germans make up the largest ancestry group in the US followed by African Americans, Irish, Mexican and English. The German language was for a time the second most commonly spoken language in the US before the stigma of "speaking the enemy's language" during the World Wars.
R74d6 TIL Dr. Hans Asperger, who first identified what would become known as "Asperger’s syndrome", personally recommended some of his child patients to be transferred into the Nazi's "child euthanasia" programs, including one where at least 800 children were killed. He later worked for the Hitler Youth.
16aRD TIL that the distance of Earth from the Sun is about 108 times the diameter of the Sun. Likewise, the distance between the Earth and the Moon is also about 108 times the diameter of the Moon.
EpZW TIL in The Beatles’ song “In My Life,” George Martin couldn’t play the piano as fast as the part he’d written. So, he played it an octave lower at half speed and just ran the tape back at twice the recording speed.
9w44G TIL indigenous bolivians in the Andes have evolved to be arsenic resistant due the strong presence of AS3MT enzyme in their bodies that can metabolize the toxic element which is naturally found in drinking water.