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TIL that Nazi Germany lost more soldiers in the battle of Stalingrad than they did on the entire Western Front

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P1eQL TIL there are 50-150 murders of "witches" in Papua New Guinea each year. In 2004, some claimed witches had invisibility capes. This accusation coincided with a Harry Potter film reaching the island.
wdK8 TIL a man jumped from a burning plane at 18,000ft without a parachute and survived with a sprained leg. His crew-mates all chanced a crash landing and died.
4knaa TIL that 7% of the humans who ever lived are alive today.
kane TIL that an autistic girl was given a computer after 11 years of not being able to communicate with the world around her and was able to provide incredible information about what t is truly like to live with severe autism
p0Dp TIL the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa (one of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic events in recorded history) was so powerful that it ruptured the eardrums of sailors 64km (40mi) away, created tsunamis over 40 metres high, and was so violent that it was heard 3,110km (1,930mi) away in Australia