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TIL That the USA had a secret base under the ice in Greenland in the 60's.

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W989 TIL that schools with anti bullying programs have have seen bullying increase.
wLwBY TIL that during the Austro-Prussian War, Liechtenstein had an army of 80 men. During the conflict no men were injured or killed and they returned home with 81 men because they’d made an Italian friend along the way. The army was then disbanded and Liechtenstein hasn’t had a military since.
E1rXw TIL in 1859, during a massive solar storm, telegraph operators in Boston MA unplugged their batteries and were able to send messages to Portland ME using only the auroral current.
Wm8X TIL A couple adopted a chimpanzee and which learned to open doors, use keys, get dresses, water the plants, feed the horses, use a computer and drive their car too. But when he was 14 yrs old, he brutally attacked a family friend totally disfiguring her.
nWpd TIL that there is a Chinese poem named “Lion- Eating Poet in the Stone Den” in which every syllable is the same, just in different tones.