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TIL when Germany invaded Western Europe many WWI monuments were damaged or destroyed. However Hitler assigned the SS to protect the Canadian Vimy Ridge memorial because it was a monument to peace and those lost. Not to an allied victory

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WbXo TIL that, although the Babylonian calendar had seven-day weeks, they would stick “leap days” into the last week of each month to get it to sync up with the new moon.
nekkb TIL Gray wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park in 1995, resulting in regeneration of the entire ecosystem [Trophic cascade]. After the wolves were driven extinct regionally nearly 100 years ago, scientists began to fully understand their role in the food web as a keystone species.
YpOd TIL Michael Clarke Duncan was Notorious BIG’s bodyguard.
j6oXj TIL that in 1970 Kinks lead singer Ray Davies had to fly from America to the UK just to re-record 2 words of the song Lola. The lyrics originally contained the words Coca-Cola and using a brand name meant it was banned by the BBC. The words were changed to cherry cola.
69MrW TIL near the center of a black hole or in the first moments of the universe, Einstein’s equations break