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TIL that the architect of the Canadian War Museum designed it so that the sun would cast a beam on the tomb of the unknown soldier in Ottawa at 11:00 on November 11.

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QNr8E TIL about Benjamin Hornigold, a pirate whose crew once attacked a ship solely to steal all their hats because the pirates had gotten drunk and thrown theirs overboard.
W7rMA TIL that nearly one-quarter of Manhattan is built on landfill. Notable examples include Battery Park City, constructed using material excavated during the World Trade Center’s construction, and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, developed atop decades of coal ash and garbage dumps.
4kpKR TIL : Spiro Agnew was the highest US official to receive a felony
djME TIL ciabatta is not a traditional Italian bread- it was invented in the 80s as a response to the popularity of baguettes
wLkME TIL that a British army Officer Henry Tandey, took pity on a wounded German soilder and did not shoot him down while the latter was fleeing the battle field in WWI. This gesture of kindness had the worst butterfly effect in history, as the wounded soilder was Adolf Hitler.