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TIL that Kazakhstan was the entire Soviet Union for 4 days
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TIL a heat wave in Europe in 2003 killed over 70,000 people.
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TIL that some experts theorize John F. Kennedy might not have lived out his term, even if he hadn't been assassinated. He suffered from Addison's disease, and would have likely been bedridden or dead by 1965 or 1966.
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TIL: Early Christians did not celebrate Christmas as celebrating birthdays were thought to be a Pagan tradition, and many iconic Christmas items such as wreaths are taken from Pagan traditions.
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TIL Rubik's cube has 43 quintillion combinations, and you are never more than 20 moves away from the solution.
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TIL: In 2013, after Zimbabwe finished paying the salaries of public workers, the government had only $217 in the entire country's bank balance due to decades of financial mismanagement and 231 million % inflation rate. The value equates to 1 .25 carat diamond.