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TIL that groundhogs and woodchucks are the same thing

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Br84D TIL about Juan Pujol García, a double agent who tricked German leaders about the date and location of the invasion of Normandy which lead to its success. He was notable for having received distinction from both sides; the Iron Cross from the Nazis and membership of the Order of the British Empire
kJ8m TIL New York Times author Timothy O'Brien wrote that Donald Trump “only” had 250 million dollars, so Trump sued him for five billion.
4dYg TIL there was a secret military unit organized to interrogate Nazi leaders and scientists after WWII known only by its mailing address, P.O. Box #1142
Y7YG TIL Nikola Tesla, towards the end of his life, fell in love with a white female pigeon and spent over $2000 USD building a device that could support/heal her broken leg and wing.
5N5R TIL: Some of the sounds of the dinosaurs in Jurassic World were made from the slowed down version of tortoises having sex.