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TIL that the Nazis believed strongly in the myth of Atlantis. Under the guidance of Heinrich Himmler, archeologists spread the idea that Germans were descended from a superior race of Antlanteans.

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BMgD TIL instead of receiving a diploma, Stephen Colbert received a yellow piece of notebook paper asking him to see the Dean after graduation because he had not completed a required class.
Q1BX TIL Nancy Cowen was forced to leave behind her cat Cleo, whom she had adopted as a stray, when she moved into a nursing home. About two weeks later however, Cleo managed to find the nursing home where she is now reunited with her owner as care staff intend on keeping them together.
wOW7 TIL cats in the US are said to have 9 lives whereas in Germany and southern Europe they only have 7 lives…while the poor cats in Arabian countries are even only said to have 6 lives.
5ner TIL the only senator to vote against the US entering the Second World War, after the Pearl Harbor attack, defended her position by saying “As a woman, I can’t go to war and I refuse to send anyone else.” Republican leaders from Montana – her state – demanded she change her vote, but she refused.
v1NOK TIL A statue of Nikola Tesla in Silicon Valley radiates free wifi. It was designed to inspire entrepreneurs who come to the Silicon Valley to think big and selflessly.