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TIL that the Soviet Union tried to calm down the Vietnam War

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ePZD TIL that after filling up a sheet of paper with text, people used to continue writing over the text at a right angle to save paper
9mvD TIL that ‘The Princess Bride’ had a proposed sequel of which one chapter was written called 'Buttercup’s Baby.’ It involved the kidnapping of the baby and ended with Fezzik sacrificing his life to save her.
P1DAJ TIL the current leading theory for the origin of Chronic Wasting Disease (Zombie Deer Disease) is that sheep infected with Scrapie shared pastures with deer in Colorado in the 1960s and infected the deer
b1B9 TIL the Vietnam War lasted for 19 years, 5 months, 4 weeks and 1 day resulting in the deaths of 847,000–2,500,000 civilians, and 1,484,000–3,886,026 soldiers.
4yra TIL: It is believed that certain species of dragonflies have a round trip migration distance of 18, 000 km. This is the longest insect migration currently known.