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TIL that Oktoberfest started off as a wedding reception for a Prince in Bavaria in 1810, and the newlyweds enjoyed it so much, they suggested making it an annual event.

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Y8Pv TIL of a Russian all-female bomber unit flying biplanes against the Germans in WW2. While two pilots distracted the searchlights, a third would cut her engines and glide in to deliver her bombs; 23,000 missions were flown and the enemy dubbed them “Night Witches”
D15GD TIL NASA's Juno spacecraft travelled 1.8 billion miles over almost five years and arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016 at 8:53 PM US Pacific time, only ONE SECOND off-schedule.
6JNm TIL all of the guest callers on Frasier were played by celebrities
R5WVl TIL that a 35-Year Old Japanese Man, Watanabe Ryuta, has 4 Wives, 2 Girlfriends, and 3 Children. He said that he plans to break the record of having the most children in Japan, which is 53. He also stated that he has already decided who his "Fifth Wife" will be.
rjR1 TIL that in 1980, the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled that God is not a person