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TIL you’re allow to bring Artificial Skeleton Bones, carry on and check. I’m so confused as to why it has its own webpage.

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a84D0 TIL 85% of wildfires in the United States are caused by humans
yQMDe TIL that the first bomb that fell on Berlin from the Allies in WWII didn’t kill anyone except the one and only elephant of the Berlin zoo.
GYMpg TIL about the female jockey who pissed off the NAZI Party by beating six acclaimed SS Officers in Czechoslovakia's biggest horse race, shortly before WWII broke out and Germany invaded the country.
v1RbB TIL that Apelles, an ancient Greek painter, was considered by many, including Pliny, to be the greatest artist in the world. Pliny recorded that Alexander the Great so admired Apelles's work that he gave his concubine to him. Today, none of Apelles's original works have survived.
woy17 TIL: During WW2, dancing was explicitly allowed as one of the recreations not to be banned by the UK. Most recreational activities were banned to focus on the war effort. During dance activities, air raid rehearsals would occur midway and they vacated the dance floor in 30 seconds.