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TIL that Hitler was mostly inspired by Ataturk. This is told by a book written by Stefan Ihrig. The details of this and the link of the book is provided.

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JY8wj TIL about Ruppell’s griffon vultures which can fly at over 37,000 ft high, higher than the altitude of an average airplane
5VJLp TIL that approximately 99,9% of all species that have ever lived have gone extinct.
R7VZ7 TIL that while filming Armageddon, Ben Affleck asked director Michael Bay, why it was easier to train oil drillers to become astronauts than it was to train astronauts to become oil drillers, and was told to shut the fuck up.
grZNy TIL that, in order to test the effectivenes of their program, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America intentionally left nearly 500 at-risk children on an 18 month long wait list to compare their behaviors to those children placed with a mentor.
a8o7M TIL that famous BBC DJ John Peel loved the song 'Teenage Kicks' by The Undertones so much he had the first line engraved on his tombstone