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TIL Louis Zamperini got drunk and stole a flag from Hitler’s house

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jNrkj TIL the practice of Yoga is thousands of years old, but the physical exercise most associated with it today was introduced to India by the YMCA in the 1920s, and is based on Swedish and Danish gymnastics.
j6n7j TIL Connecticut’s 1662 charter from King Charles II gave it land from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Until 1786, it claimed territory between the 41st and 42nd parallels, including parts of what are now Utah, Nevada, and California. It wasn’t until 1800 that it gave up much of what became Ohio.
Avlo TIL: Two mid-tier scientists were tasked with building a nuclear bomb to see how easy it would be for any country to make one, and they succeeded
v1eDx TIL that over 10% of Canada’s population are descended from impoverished British children that were sent to work on Canadian farms between 1869 and 1939.
nKYB TIL Marine biologists are claiming there is a rare instance of non-human warfare happening between octopuses in the waters off the coast of Australia. The octopuses are fighting in large groups over territory and even using projectiles such as seashells to spit at enemies.