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TIL the Nazis set up a secret weather station in Canada during WWII

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X0BYD TIL that when sailing during a lightning storm, storing electronics in the oven can protect them in case of a direct strike.
pYO4N TIL the Pangolin is the worlds most trafficked animal due to demand for their meat, scales, and skin.
N7NQJ TIL from 1935-1964 in the US all liquor bottles were required to have the phrase “Federal Law Forbids Sale or Reuse of this bottle”. This was done in an effort to discourage the reuse of empty bottles for selling moonshine, the sale of which was very common during the Prohibition era.
nWg1b TIL Mary Magdalene was wrongly labeled as a prostitute
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