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TIL of Sinis, a mythological bandit slain by Theseus. Sinis would fool his victims by asking for their help in bending pine-trees to the ground, and then release the tree, catapulted the victim into the air

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veg4 TIL that 8 out of every 10 German troops killed in World War II died fighting the Soviets
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