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TIL Germany granted Vladimir Lenin safe passage back to Russia via armored train knowing of his plans to begin the revolution and remove Russia from World War 1. Lenin succeeded and Russia was no longer a threat to the Germans. This could be one of the best military decisions ever made.

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xxoD TIL of Tim Jenison. A dude from TX who may have rediscovered a lost, elegant technique that might explain how the 17th century painter, Vermeer, was able to paint with incredible realism.
KmMa TIL Red titi monkeys form monog­a­mous pairs, mating for many years. They can have up to 3 gen­er­a­tions of off­spring liv­ing in the fam­ily group at any time. Male and fe­male pairs sleep to­gether and often en­twine their tails dur­ing sleep. Male par­ents are the main care­givers.
16DMX TIL when the Henry Ford Company dissolved in 1902, Ford's financial backers called in engineer Henry M. Leland to appraise the plant for liquidation. Leland persuaded them continue making cars at the plant using Leland's engine design and formed a new car company: Cadillac.
0VAp TIL The depression throughout Japan following WWII was what inspired Osamu Tezuka,the father of manga and a medical student at the time,to draw comics to convince people to have hope again.These comics swept thru Japan and laid the foundation for the Japanese manga/anime culture that we know today
4XajX TIL: Action figures have been made as far back as the first century. Romans made clay figurines of gladiators.