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aw1gL TIL during the 900 day siege of Leningrad by the Nazi's during WW2 (which caused unimaginable suffering and even cannibalism) the Russians built a railway into the city over a temporarily frozen lake. They transported food, medicine, fuel etc and evacuated children and the sick. The "Road of Life"
QPke TIL that double stuf Oreos only contain 1.86 the creme of a regular oreo, not double
ANVJw TIL the world record for the highest subsonic flight is held by the Perlan II, an unpowered glider.
gMm14 TIL that Popeye's nemesis, Bluto, was renamed Brutus because Paramount Pictures owned the name "Bluto." To address this, modern-day comics presented the notion that Bluto and Brutus are actually twin brothers, and it's since become canon
Wk5G8 TIL in 1941 the President of Haiti declared war on Japan, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. Only Romania bothered to declare war on Haiti in return.