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TIL that the official Hitler sent to coerce fascist Spain into joining the Axis in WWII was secretly opposed to Nazism. Unsurprisingly, he did not convince Spain to join the war. After the war, the Spanish government gave his widow a pension in gratitude.

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p8vVe TIL that the moon is 1/400th the size of the sun but also 1/400th the distance from Earth which results in the moon and the sun being the same size in the sky, a coincidence not shared by any other known planet-moon combination.
e07RD TIL in 2004 while searching the Paris Catacombs police discovered a cinema in one of the caverns. It was equipped with a giant screen, seats for the audience, a fully stocked bar, and a complete restaurant. The source of its electrical power and the identity of those responsible remain unknown
6Ed87 TIL that rollercoasters were invented to distract Americans from sin. In the 1880s, hosiery businessman LaMarcus Thompson didn’t like that Americans were going to places like saloons and brothels and created the first rollercoaster on Coney Island to persuade them to go there instead.
l7KN5 TIL There is such thing as Vets without Borders, like Doctors Without Borders but for animals (they help people too). Started in Ontario, Canada, now active in over 17 countries and growing.
7aVL TIL that at approximately 4:10 into Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama”, Ronnie Van Zant can be heard saying “Not my fucking donuts, god damn…”