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TIL that tardigrades are tiny, eight-legged animals that have an amazing ability to survive extreme temperatures, pressures, and radiation for years or even decades.

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l7X41 TIL that, on June 26, 1940, a group of American businessmen with ties to Nazi Germany organized a dinner at the Waldorf Astoria New York to celebrate the Fall of France. Attendees to the dinner included Edsel Ford of Ford Motor Company, Torkild Rieber of Texaco and Sosthenes Behn of ITT Corporation.
EgbMP TIL of Maximator, an intelligence alliance between the secret services of Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, and France. It is comparable to the "Five Eyes" and is named after a German beer.
e4QD TIL Chartreuse is a 110 proof liquor made by Carthusian Monks since the 1700’s.
NOj6 TIL In Budapest there is a $63,000 statue of shabby TV detective, Columbo. For no real reason.
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