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TIL that at 9:55 pm every night many soldiers on both sides of WWII in Europe tuned their radios to the same station (the German-controlled Radio Belgrade) to listen to a nightly broadcast of the wistful love song "Lili Marleen", which had been virtually unknown before the war

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mWyx TIL, that in order to protect people in the future from radioactive waste, two philosophers proposed we genetically engineer cats to change color when exposed to radiation then create folklore and songs about the cats.
D1E8e TIL, coyotes are actually twice as fast as roadrunners.
vBRR TIL of Mexican singer Chalino Sánchez failed assassination attempt on. In 1992 while he was performing at a club, a patron came up to the stage, pulled a gun, and shot Sánchez in the side. Sánchez immediately pulled a gun of his own and returned fire, the would-be killer was shot to death.
OGBw7 TIL In 2011 Justin Gaitlin managed to run the 100 metres in 9.45 seconds. This time was accomplished on a Japanese TV show with the aid from a series of fans blowing him forward, which are not allowed for actual record setting times.
QJZP6 TIL the timezone on the International Space Station is GMT+0