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TIL that Sunflowers are important for decontaminating soils contaminated by hazardous materials

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wKQE TIL that prisoners at Buchenwald Concentration Camp built a shortwave radio in secret and sent out an SOS in hopes of rescue. The Headquarters of the Third Army replied: - “KZ Bu. Hold out. Rushing to your aid. Staff of Third Army.”
erdk TIL that since the movie “Beasts of No Nation” was released online the same time it was theatrically, AMC, Regal, Carmike, and Cinemark completely boycotted the movie, effectively downgrading the movie to a limited-release movie with a box office return of $90,777.
a87bb TIL that pigeons prefer certain car colors when it comes to pooping on them.
4AVw TIL That JK Rowling was originaly going to kill off Ron Weasley. During the christmas feast in the third year Ron was the first one to leave, meaning her prediction of “When 13 dine together, the first to rise will be the first to die” would be correct.
W7RjX TIL that in the 1970s head transplants were possible