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TIL in Delaware a small building is the legal address for over 300,000 companies.

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nW4V9 TIL in 1940 Swedish cryptographer Arne Beurling deciphered the Nazi's T52, a machine more complex than Enigma. This way, the Swedes knew about Operation Barbarossa before it began. Since they wouldn't reveal how this knowledge was attained, their warning to the Soviets was not treated as credible
MeR47 TIL: The reason wedding rings are worn on the third finger is because in ancient Rome, it was believed that the vein in the third finger went straight to the heart.
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