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TIL that the Liberty Bell and Big Ben were made by the same company.

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vPZbL TIL there's an Underground river beneath the Amazon River, it was discovered in 2011 and its about as long as the Amazon river, but it is much broader. It's unofficial name is the Rio Hamza
XE4Ej TIL that when Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco was commanded to round up all Moroccan Jews for relocation to Nazi concentration camps, he said "There are no Jews in Morocco. There are only Moroccan subjects." Not a single Moroccan Jew was deported or killed during WWII.
X0kAP TIL that 38 CFR 3.12(d)(5) (which states what kind of sexual activities you can get dishonorably charged form the military for) only specifies homosexual relations, not hetero or otherwise.
PamZ TIL the International Museum of Cryptozoology (the study of mythical creatures) is located in Portland, Maine.
b66Vp TIL that during WWI, some 120,000 Belgian civilians (of both sexes) were used as forced labour by the Germans, with roughly half being deported to Germany and half being sent to work just behind the front lines.