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TIL that Hilter’s bloodline is almost extinct as his five remaining relatives have made a verbal pact to never have children.

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w1NY TIL the Battle of San Jacinto, the defining moment in the Texas Revolution that led to the Mexican surrender, lasted just 18 minutes
GAeQj TIL Joseph Goebbels (Nazi minister of Propaganda) funded the development of a low-cost Radio ("Volksempfänger", the “people’s receiver”) which delivered State-Run "news" directly into the homes of German citizens. It was a "vital element of success" in the spreading Nazi ideology.
VAp TIL in 2011, the main menu theme for Civilization IV (“Baba Yetu”) was the first original musical composition from a video game to win a Grammy.
epdak TIL that the French Navy has trained dolphins to detect underwater mines and enemy divers since the 1960s. The French Navy’s Marine Mammal Program involves training dolphins for underwater detection tasks, similar to the U.S. Navy’s Marine Mammal Program.
oBoNo TIL that bush fires aren’t started on bushes, rather on loose twigs and sticks. Also they are normally started by humans or struck by nearby lightning