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TIL the city of Baikonur is located in Kazakhstan but rented by Russia for its space program.

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VM1vD TIL The code from the Matrix is actually a sushi recipe the production designer, Simon Whiteley, scanned from one of his wife's Japanese cookbooks.
P1aVZ TIL about the Battle of the Atlantic during WWII. “In the first four months of 1942, German U-boats ravaged the shipping lanes off North Carolina, sinking almost 40 ships during that period. It is an often overlooked piece of American history.”
XEYaj TIL Annie Hawkins-Turner, better known by the stage name Norma Stitz ("enormous tits"), holds the Guinness World Record for largest natural breasts. By American bra estimation, her measurements would put her in a 48V bra.
695ow TIL that Legionnaire's Disease is named after the American Legion
Ox1g TIL there is a secret cemetery in France, where no flag is allowed to fly, which holds the bodies of American soldiers convicted of heinous crimes during WWII.