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TIL that almost 23% of the world's fresh water - more than every American great lake combined - is in one lake in Russia

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LkmlQ TIL there was a Navajo WWII POW in Nagasaki who survived the atomic bomb & was tortured for being "of Japanese descent", despite his denial. When the Japanese realized the secret US military code was in Navajo, they forced him to translate, although it was nonsense to him as he didn't know the code.
nWaJP TIL "Big Bug Man" is an unreleased animated film starring Marlon Brando and Brendan Fraser. It was Brando's last known project before his death in 2004.
ax5A TIL Poon Kim holds the record for surviving adrift in a life raft at 133 days in 1942-43. When told no one had ever survived longer on a raft at sea, he replied, “I hope no one will ever have to break that record.”
WkNw8 TIL that the physical shape of the human ear selectively filters out frequencies outside of the human vocal range.
VBBdp TIL that in 1981 there was a failed coup d’état in Spain which saw both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition held hostage alongside members of parliament