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TIL East\West Germany division can still be seen from space, each side using different light bulbs.

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0DA TIL that whereas in 1970 18% of the boys aged 16 and 17 reported to have had at least one same-sex sexual experience, the number had dropped to 2% by 1990.
BrXmd TIL about Silvestre Herrera, a Mexican citizen and volunteer US soldier during WWII who received the Medal of Honor. He charged an enemy stronghold through a minefield, blowing off both of his feet. He continued fighting on his knees, pinning down the enemy and allowing his squad to capture it.
mZBx TIL that ~80% of Black American women are overweight and ~54% are obese.
d8Z1r TIL that the couple in the Pulitzer-Prize photo “Burst of Joy” divorced within a year and the husband, Robert Stirm, who had spent over five years in a North Vietnamese prison, was forced to give 43% of his retirement to his ex-wife.
yVbGl TIL During a 1972 John Lennon/Chuck Berry jam session that the sound engineers muted yokos mic.