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TIL the classic 1970 war movie Kelly's Heroes was based on an actual robbery of the Nazi gold reserves by a syndicate of US and German servicemen in 1945. It was covered up by the US and Germany and only two gold bars found in 1996 have been recovered worth about $1m at today's prices.

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nWWxr TIL that the remains of over 4000 Confederate Soldiers who died while Prisoners of War are buried in Oak Woods Cemetery in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. A 30 foot tall monument marks their mass grave.
J1XVk TIL about the world's only solar production car, the Light Year 0. It costw about a quarter million euros and has a range of 40 mi/day from solar charging. A replacement, coming 2025, will sell for $40,000.
v1mGL TIL that Austria is not a member nation of NATO. This is because they signed a declaration of permanent neutrality in 1955 in exchange for Allied withdrawal from Austria and a return to sovereignty.
b6WPa TIL mines around Spruce Pine, North Carolina are the source of the world's purest form of silicon sand. A series of geological processes that occurred 350m years ago caused the silicon to form almost without impurities. It is highly sought after and is probably in the device you are reading this on.
GvB7 TIL that in 2011, a Spanish priest challenged the Church to measure his Anus after a photo surfaced of him topless in a warm embrace with a man, He denied claims of homosexuality by saying “Let them measure my anus and see if it is dilated.”