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TIL that you are about 5 times more likely to make money while gambling on roulette at Caesar's Palace (2.9%) than you are working a MLM (0.4%)

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oRPn7 TIL that in the Battle of Mokra, WW2, Polish cavalrymen armed with antitank rifles charged through a German panzer column and forced them to retreat, temporarily defending the village from the German invaders.
9ygr TIL Hitler did not learn of the allied D-day landings as they happened but only until he woke up at noon the next day. His staff did not dare wake him up because he had been up til 3am chatting with friends at his residence.
aYly TIL that after Thomas Edison ripped off the first film camera from France, he used copyright laws to restrict imports of other cameras to the US. Sometimes he would use hired thugs (the Edison mafia) to violently stop people from using other cameras.
k7yB TIL that between 1900-1999, nearly 3 million whales were killed, including 560,000 sperm whales
95PQ TIL that St Basil’s Cathedral, the famous colorful church in Moscow, was barely saved from destruction under Stalin. Every city planner and architect hired refused to cooperate in the demolition process, and some even served time in the Gulag for so adamantly protecting the church.