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TIL That 35% of roads in the United States are unpaved

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gWPD TIL: During WWII, a Polish Army Captain VOLUNTEERED to enter Auschwitz in order to get info, then escaped with info about the camp, which was given to the allies. After the war, he was tortured and executed by the new Communist regime
D1xWr TIL of Lachhiman Gurung, A Nepalese Gurkha who lost his arm in battle but continued to fight with his bolt action rifle, single handedly holding off over 200 Japanese troops and killing 31 until the next morning.
GwL1 TIL Cherophobia is the belief that when one becomes happy, something bad will soon occur after feeling happiness.
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