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LK8r TIL that the Soviet Secret Police on Stalin’s orders executed 22,000 Polish officers but Roosevelt and Churchill had to deny it and blame the Nazis in order to maintain their alliance with Stalin
W7X7N TIL: Up until the 1980’s, people smoked cigarettes for Asthma Relief.
lkmK TIL that the word “cat” is so old that it can be traced all the way to the Late Egyptian “čaute”.
0jJy TIL Tom Hanks’ brother, Jim Hanks, provides the voice for Woody in the Toy Story video games, short films, toys and basically anything that isn’t the Pixar movies.
KbYR TIL that despite the claims of the play/movie “Amadeus”, W.A. Mozart and Antonio Salieri were actually good friends, supportive of each others’ work, and there is no evidence that Salieri obstructed Mozart’s career other than the fact that Salieri was more established and well known.