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TIL the Soviets suffered more casualties at the Battle of Stalingrad than the Americans did for the entirety of World War 2.

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OGJrR TIL that musician Dagmar Turner played the violin during her brain surgery at King’s College Hospital in London, ensuring her musical abilities remained intact while a tumor was being removed.
nWMEG TIL Blade Runner (the movie) got its name from a completely unrelated novel, which itself got a treatment by William S. Burroughs, so it had to be licensed from both authors
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xQgo TIL a drunk Russian man passed out drunk only to find himself waking up at a morgue. At his own ‘funeral’. He then proceeded to drink vodka with his friends who were supposed to be mourning him.
awxNJ TIL that Hans Zimmer is Jewish