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TIL that the United States hired former Wehrmacht Chief of Staff Franz Halder to write their official history of the Eastern Front of WWII to downplay Nazi war crimes in order to make the Soviets appear as bad as possible and was even awarded by the American government for his work

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M1Ma TIL James Woods reported the 4 terrorists of 9/11 before the attack and nobody believed him.
WkNy9 TIL of an elephant sanctuary in Phuket, Thailand that is doing its best to stop the elephant riding tourist trade.
bV74 TIL “SOS” does not actually stand for anything; “save our souls” or “save our ships” are just simply misinterpreted backronyms. SOS was simply chosen for its convenient communication.
a8Ojo TIL giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people.
QJRBE TIL that the Stella Octangula acquired that name in 1609 from German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler