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TIL that after Soviet Russia signed a cooperative pact with Nazi Germany in 1939, they invaded and annexed Poland, and they claimed it was to protect the Ukrainians and Belarusians who lived in the eastern part of Poland.

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p86xZ TIL The Philadelphia Experiment is a military experiment carried out by the U.S. Navy at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sometime around October 28, 1943. The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Eldridge was rendered invisible. Lots of docus and movies
ZP4D TIL that human saliva contains a natural, non-addictive opiate, “Opiorphin”, and this is why we “lick our wounds”.
kOPe1 TIL of Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, a rare genetic disease that gradually turns your entire body into bone. Surgical removal of the bone only causes more bone to grow in its place.
xVZG7 Today I learned that Elvis had blonde hair as a child, then he dyed it black as a teenager.
QOnd TIL that Eminem’s mother filed an $11million defamation lawsuit against him because of his lyrics about her, settled for $25,000 and $23,354.25 of that went to her lawyer.