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TIL there's only one recording of Hitler's voice where he isn't giving a speech. It's a private conversation between himself and Finnish leader Mannerheim recorded in secrecy by a sound engineer in 1942.

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VEO4 TIL that the US invaded Guatemala in 1954 and deposed democratically elected President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán for the benefit of an american fruit company
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JYWkv TIL That male ducks doesn't quack.
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