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TIL There was a 20ft tall ancient sloth…
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TIL In 1920s Paris, artist Waldo Peirce gifted his concierge a turtle and, as a prank, secretly swapped it for several progressively larger ones, convincing her its growth was a miracle. Once the neighborhood marveled, he reversed the prank, using the same turtles, leaving her utterly baffled.
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TIL The USS William D. Porter was the only vessel in US Navy history to have its entire crew placed under arrest after accidentally firing a live torpedo at a vessel carrying the President of the United States and the Secretary of State
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TIL This photo of U.S. Army code breakers trained by William Friedman and his wife Elizebeth during WW1 spells out ‘Knowledge is Power.’ By facing either forward or sideways, the soldiers formed a coded phrase utilizing Sir Francis Bacon’s biliteral cipher.
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TIL that Mr. Rogers saw to it that every letter he received got an answer.
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TIL it is illegal under German law to deny the holocaust and is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.