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TIL that the Germans flooded large portions of Holland in 1945 as they were being defeated by the allies. Video in comments.

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xVoP7 TIL that Polish intelligence officer Witold Pilecki volunteered for a resistance operation to be imprisoned in Auschwitz in order to gather intelligence about the camp. He organized a resistance movement in the camp, sent information to the Allies about what was happening there, and escaped in 1943.
OpWe TIL Bruce Lee Once Said He Thought Muhammad Ali Would “Kill” Him in a Fight
0dV1 TIL that the thermonuclear stage of an 3.8 megaton hydrogen bomb is buried approximately 180 feet under a field in Faro, NC. It fell from a crashing B52 in 1961. The bomb impacted the ground at nearly mach 1. Being so massive, it drove itself nearly 200 feet down and recovery was deemed impossible.
D1Ave TIL Brass, Copper and some other alloys, when used as door knobs in hospitals, kill bacteria, even antibiotic ones such as MRSA far faster than steel and aluminium due to the Oligodynamic Effect
5Y04p TIL Russia has 11 time zones