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TIL German General Walther Wenck refused orders to reclaim Berlin from the Russians in 1945 and instead used the remains of his army to create a corridor to for civilians and soldier to flee to the Americans across the Elbe River

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QNGn9 Today I learned about Lions Not Sheep customers actually being sheep. 😂
X06n8 TIL a shower should only be 5-10 minutes long
6op8 TIL that contrary to its primitive&stone age image, parts of Africa entered the Iron age independently, and possibly before the rest of the world
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