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TIL Police in the Indian state of Odisha still have a carrier pigeon service to send information in emergencies

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rNbo1 TIL: Germany conducted one major paratrooper operation in WWII, the invasion of Crete in 1941. The casualties were so catastrophic that Hitler permanently banned all future large-scale airborne assaults.
0aYp TIL a man took several hours on live TV in India to kill another man using his magical powers. After failing, he said the god he worships is protecting him at that very moment. The man then replied saying he is an atheist.
yVMAe TIL Miami Beach used to be an overwhelmingly Jewish community
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POJJ TIL Andromeda is falling towards our home Galaxy at a rate of 110 kilometres per second and in 4 billion years, the two galaxies will pass through each other. 2 billion years after that, they will fall back in a permanent embrace to form a single galaxy.