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TIL That the worlds biggest helicopter can carry a plane

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p8mvN TIL many Jews fought back against the Nazis. Eta Wrobel escaped transport to a concentration camp and helped organize a resistance group. Refusing to just cook and clean, she carried a weapon on patrols and set mines to destroy German vehicles. Once, she dug a bullet out of her own leg with a knife.
WkK7N TIL Cats only have a few hundred taste buds, compared to 9000+ for humans. They are unable to taste anything sweet. They dislike anything bitter like lemons or coffee, interpreting it as something dangerous.
ANGWd TIL after fame as the author of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and infamy due to his relationship with his step-sister, Lord Byron got historic fame in streets and carved on the Temple of Poseidon by dying in Greece as he predicted after giving £4,000 (0.5M in 2024) for Greek independence from Ottomans
Ooeeg TIL a freight train can move 1 ton of material approximately 500 miles using 1 gallon of diesel fuel (on average).
Eg95W TIL of Carlos, Prince of Asturias. Due to him having four great-grandparents instead of the maximum of eight, he had numerous issues such as roasting animals alive and whipped a serving girl when he was eleven. He became so mentally unstable that he died in solitary confinement at 23 years old.