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TIL the Norwegians have their government outgunned by 16:1

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Wkj4B TIL that in June 2017 the NAACP issued a travel warning to African-American travelers for the entire state of Missouri
jNrXE TIL of Wichard von Alvensleben, a German Wehrmacht Officer who, in 1945, commanded his soldiers to protect 140 Allied POWs from being executed by the SS. The POWs were then set free.
R54Yj TIL Spain and Portugal have a border dispute over the city and region of Olivenza, going all the way back to the Congress of Vienna
69lJQ TIL that Deep Purple wrote one of their best-known songs, "Highway Star", on the spot during an interview on their tour bus. A journalist asked Ritchie Blackmore how the band wrote songs. So they started jamming, came up with the song and performed it live for the first time that very night.
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