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TIL World War III could have started on 1 July 1945 with a sudden attack against the allied Soviet troops according to a plan ordered by Winston Churchill.It was rejected later considering it was militarily unfeasible.

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VgG4 TIL there is a cruise ship that runs between Stockholm and Helsinki with the primary purpose of purchasing and consuming cheap alcohol
gp7 TIL Mark Wahlberg had a cocaine addiction at the age of 13 and was convicted of attempted murder at the age of 16.
KOZw9 TIL hummingbirds consume between 3.14 - 7.6 calories per day and a human with similar metabolism would consume about 155,000 calories in a day.
oBdE7 TIL that Indian English has a word for a hundred thousand: Lakh
KOMP9 TIL the official twitter account of Sweden is given to a random citizen every week to manage because "No one owns the brand of Sweden more than its people".