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TIL that in World War I Germany published warnings in American newspapers that they may attack the Lusitania

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OoZVe TIL In South Korea it is illegal to play videogames from 12:00am - 6:00am when you are under 16. Parents may ask the government for exemption.
4XLpX Mars and the moon are already at the top of NASA’s prospect list for future human exploration and possibly colonies, but another planet has recently been getting some unexpected attention. NASA seriously wants to send humans to Venus.
M7X4W TIL that the gender of a sea turtle is determined by the temperature of the sand... the saying goes, "hot chicks, cool dudes".
R78La TIL Jim Henson lost the Hoggle puppet from "Labyrinth" after traveling back from the overseas movie set. The Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama discovered it inside a lost shipping container and now it is on display at their museum of found treasures.
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