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TIL that in WWII, a Belgian woman in her twenties was responsible for a smuggling operation called the "Comet Line"; the sole purpose of which was to exfiltrate Allied airmen downed over the skies of fortress Europe.

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e6g TIL that in 1869, President U.S. Grant tried to annex the Dominican Republic and grant it statehood in order to protect African-Americans from the KKK
lMXa TIL there are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
dD978 TIL the owners of Marilyn Monroe's house (where she died) want to demolish it to expand the property next door
1arNP TIL Indigenous Australians are the most ancient continuous civilisation on Earth, a fact backed by the first extensive study of their DNA, which dates their origins to more than 50,000 years ago. Scientists traced their linage to the DNA of modern populations in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
E48X TIL there is one person in the world with “Syndrome X” which prevents normal aging. Brooke Greenberg is 20 and appears to be one year old.