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TIL atmospheric rivers are typically several thousand kilometers long and only a few hundred kilometers wide, and a single one can carry a greater flux of water than the Amazon River.

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VBLPB TIL of the Bolshevik Kamo, who was a master of disguise and carried out bank robberies to raise funds. After Kamo shot a spy and tore out their heart, Vladimir Lenin expressed a desire to never see Kamo ever again.
jNJZM TIL Ferdinand Foch (Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in WWI) said of the Treaty of Versailles : "This is not a peace treaty. This is an armistice for twenty years." World War II started 20 years and 64 days later.
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