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TIL during WWII the Germans captured a Russian T34 Tank then sank it in a lake in Estonia where it was rediscovered and after cleaning it up the engine was able to run.

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bgAQ TIL the White House was in such bad shape during the Truman presidency that a building inspector said the second floor was only staying up “by force of habit.” The president’s bathroom and bedroom were sealed off because they were structurally unsafe.
609m TIL that the Soviet Union refused to host the 1980 Paralympics, stating that none of their citizens had disabilities.
GVYJ TIL: incubating premature babies got it’s start as a side show exhibit in Coney Island
YYDB TIL Chris Scarver, the man who killed Jeffrey Dahmer in prison, believed Dahmer was unrepentant for his crimes and claimed Dahmer would taunt fellow inmates by shaping his prison food into severed limbs, drizzling packets of ketchup on them to simulate blood.
Q4QL TIL of an Auschwitz survivor who avoided doctors for 65 years after he was tested on by Auschwitz “doctor” Josef Mengele who, among other things, removed his kidney without anesthesia.