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TIL that famous "Soviet flag over Reichstag" photo, was doctored because the soldier holding the flag was wearing 2 watches. Photographer erased the watch on his right arm because he thought soldier had looted items from dead Nazi soldiers, which was a punishable offence.

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gMxly TIL that the story of Balto is not only a true story but also that Balto’s recognition is considered controversial as another sled dog Togo actually ran the longest leg of the journey 261miles in order to save the small village of Nome, Alaska from an outbreak of Diptheria in 1925.
j6g5N TIL about Tsunami stones. They are ancient markers in Japan, often inscribed with warnings about past tsunamis. Placed after disasters, they advise future generations to build homes on higher ground to avoid deadly waves. Some date back centuries.
oRJYK TIL the first Mary Poppins book originally had a chapter where Mary and the children travel around the world and meet racially stereotypical people. This chapter was revised in 1967 to make the characters less offensive, and later revised in 1980 so that they were talking animals instead of humans.
worb8 TIL the political terms "left" and "right" first appeared during the French Revolution of 1789 when members of the National Assembly divided into conservative supporters of the old regime to the assembly president's right and the more liberal supporters of the revolution to his left
woN61 TIL that in 1998, Vatican City had the highest murder rate in the world because of one double homicide