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TIL Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to thermal expansion

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VMno4 TIL that the trees you see on top of buildings under construction are a tradition that symbolizes that no one died during the project and serve as a talisman for good luck.
ADWVn TIL during his time as a POW, Alexis Casdagli made numerous cross-stitches. One of them was so good that the Germans displayed them in his POW camp for everyone to see, unaware of a secret message stitched into his handiwork. The message, in Morse code, reads "God save the King" and "Fuck Hitler"
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