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TIL that more than 85% of Warsaw’s historic centre was reduced to ruins in the second world war; the city was then reconstructed from the 18th century cityscapes of the Venetian painter Bernardo Bellotto

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jNEmv TIL In 2001, the Mongolian Navy consisted of just 7 members, and only 1 of them knew how to swim
x65yw TIL: Your car's VIN (vehicle identification number) shows its country of origin, engine size, model year, vehicle type, trim level and manufacturing factory. The first 3 digits/letters identify the country, positions 4 to 9 describe the vehicle, and 10-17 is the vehicle identifier section.
MWv7 TIL that there is a British and American version of “death at a funeral” and Peter Dinklage played the same role in both
5YEQP TIL about the Great fire of Meireki that burned down 60-70% of Edo(now Tokyo) and killed 100,000 residents in 1657
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