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TIL the world’s largest rodent can grow up to 200 lbs, can bark like a dog, and hold their breath for upwards of 5 minutes.

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wLLW6 TIL that a Sonderkommando in Auschwitz-II successfully took four pictures of the death camp in action that were smuggled out of the camp by the Polish resistance in a toothpaste tube #1-2 cremation of corpses in a fire pit from the chamber #3 naked women before they enter the chamber #4 miss-aimed
78V4X TIL Orca whales...are actually dolphins.
eZJD TIL WWI was not fought over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. His death was merely the flashpoint that triggered worldwide action over tensions that had simmered for years.
v1JQ7 TIL John Christie, serial killer and necrophile, murdered at least eight people, including his wife, by strangling them in his flat. As Christie was restrained before his execution, he complained to the hangman that his nose itched. The hangman replied, "It won't bother you for long."
NYge TIL in June 2012 Bloomberg’s international currency software briefly showed an entry called the ‘Post Euro Greek Drachma’. The currency had a brand new code (XGD) and was quickly removed from public view.