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TIL that Anne Frank's family tried to immigrate to the United States. They filed for a visa in 1938 but the application was lost following a German bombardment in 1940. They tried again in 1941 but all American consulates were closed by the Nazis.

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d8Rvj TIL There are approximately 500,000 people on aircraft above North America at any one time.
KDxJ TIL that there is a hanging display in Chicago of 58,226 dog tags of every American soldier killed in Vietnam.
0wlGy TIL that in 1910, black sailors of the Brazilian navy mutinied and gained control of all of Brazil's large battleships. They then used the threat of bombarding Rio de Janeiro to successfully force the abolition of the slavery-like conditions they suffered under in the navy.
xVQMk TIL: Every year the Alpine Swift spends over 200 days in a row, in the air, without landing. How the birds are physiologically able to do it is still a mystery to scientists.
JBe4 TIL that humans are the best long-distance runners on the planet, able to beat horses (and everything else) in marathon distance races.