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TIL the bronze Nazi eagle emblem from the WW2 German cruiser, Admiral Graf Spee has been recovered in Uruguay and will be melted down and recast as a dove

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xVmkD TIL the Canadian Down Syndrome Society advocacy group petitioned to have people with Down syndrome added to endangered species list.
woGQM TIL about Transient Global Amnesia, a temporary loss of memory that can be triggered by stressful events, strenuous activity, migraines, and even sex.
4YVo TIL That since 1990 the United States has added more acres of forest than it has lost, with almost 20 million new acres of forest land added in the last 2 decades.
NXMM6 TIL 15,498 dams across the United States are characterized as high hazard, meaning the loss of at least one human life is likely if the dam were to fail.
v1pPR TIL that the main character in Tomb Raider was originally intended to be a man until the developers began to worry that the character would be seen as derivative of Indiana Jones, so the character's gender was changed and Lara Croft was born.