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TIL of the Beale ciphers, which supposedly state the location of buried treasures worth approximately $43 million. Only one of the ciphers has been cracked, revealing the contents of the treasure. The other two stating the location and the treasure's owners (and next of kin) are yet to be solved.

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4XKaX TIL that Stan Lee served in the military during World War II for three years after hearing about the attack in Pearl Harbor
6E4El TIL Stalin was hit by a horse-drawn carriage twice as a child, which led to permanent damage of his left arm. This injury exempted him from fighting in WW I where he would have likely died. -
1a0eP TIL that the deepest underground subway station in the world is Arsenalna on Kiev Metro's Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line at 105.5 metres. It takes approximately 4 minutes to reach the bottom via two sets of escalators.
9Yy9m TIL that ordering shorts or trousers online is a damn minefield, due to the prevalence of Vanity Sizing (US/UK issue) that labels clothing as being a lot smaller than they actually are. I normally shop where I can try shit on, but most of the shops in the UK are still shut, so forced to go online.
4XEkX TIL J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, served in WW2 and landed on D-Day while carrying the first six chapters of the book with him. At the end of the war he checked himself into a mental institution. When he got out, he signed back up and participated in the denazification of Germany.