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TIL that Hitler ordered for Oxford not to be bombed as he planned for it to be the capital of his new Kingdom.

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9dDG TIL Péter Zwack, escaped the Communists in 1948, was granted US entry just because he had the Zwack recipe for Unicum, the National Shot of Hungary. After 40 yrs went back, bought the factory from the State, became Hungarian Ambassador to the US. The State owned factory had been using a fake recipe.
GARYE TIL some Animals dream about learning of human behavior, understanding emotional situations and love-bonding connections while dreaming.
VMo8Z TIL Abraham Lincoln signed the order to create the Secret Service on the same day he was assassinated.
W7RA9 TIL That Seahorses Lack A Stomach & Need To Constantly Eat To Stay Living
pv4Z TIL in 2000, a Great White Shark was killed by an Orca off the coast of California. All other Great Whites in the area suddenly disappeared. A tagged Great White showed researchers that within 1 hour of the attack, the tagged shark dove to 500m and swam 4000 kilometers to Hawaii.