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TIL the Rio Negro Bridge is the only major bridge across the Amazon or any tributary in the Amazon

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KYZdR TIL in an attempt to assassinate Hitler, a Nazi officer hid two time bombs in his jacket and led Hitler on a tour of a museum. Hitler raced through the museum and left before the bombs exploded, so the officer had to rush to the bathroom where he defused the bombs "at the last second."
rRb0x TIL Eyes Wide Shut (1999) holds the record for longest continuous film shoot at 400 days. It was also Stanley Kubrick's final film.
b9oPp TIL 1 in 5 organ donations comes from the victim of a vehicular accident, and self-driving cars may end up exacerbating the shortage.
6EvOQ TIL A slave, Nearest Green, taught Jack Daniels how to make whiskey and was is now credited as the first master distiller
R7ryQ TIL: Doctors in Italy fabricated a fake disease to fool the Nazis into avoiding local Jews. They brought them to the Hospital and called it Syndrome K (named after Nazi commander), warning soldiers that it was extremely contagious.