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TIL that Muammar Gaddafi submitted a proposal to the UN that Switzerland be abolished as a state and merged into Italy, Germany, and France

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BojD TIL that John Tyler, the 10th president of the US, was born in 1790. He has a grandson that is alive today.
6JPQ TIL The creamy chocolate part inside a Ferrero Rocher is actually Nutella.
nWN6P TIL that blue whale calves can drink 60 gal / 225 liters of milk a day and can gain up to 8 lbs / 3.7 kg an HOUR.
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