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TIL that Octopolis and Octlantis are two separate non-human underwater settlements engineered by gloomy octopuses

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x6vG1 TIL that Pope Francis owns a copy of Diary of a Wimpy Kid translated into Latin
WkDxd TIL that the islands of the Pacific nation of Kiribati extend 3900 km from east to west - further than the distance from Los Angeles to Miami, London to Cairo, Dubai to Moscow, or Bangkok to Seoul
jNQmX TIL Alexia Rodriguez is the most badass female metal singer
J1DDB TIL that in 1916 Jeannette Rankin became the first woman in Congress, representing Montana. She ran and won again in 1940, and no woman has represented Montana at a Federal level since.
e0D56 TIL during WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.