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TIL the British monarch Edward VII encouraged Nazis to bomb Britain during WWII, as he believed "a severe bombing would make Britain ready for peace"

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AWJo TIL Hercules once tricked Atlas into holding the sky using the old “hold this while I tie my shoes” routine
YGrd TIL there is a building in Tokyo built in 1972, whose rooms consist of tiny 90 square foot capsule apartments that can be individually replaced like lego pieces.
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