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TIL President Ronald Reagan saw the Soviet cult film “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” at least eight times in preparation for his meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985, to try and understand the mysterious Russian soul.

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BdVe TIL that one of Switzerland’s main defense strategies is to demolish every main access into the country via roads, bridges, and railways. There is at least 3,000 locations currently prepared to blow at a moment’s notice in case of attack.
m1nKy TIL about the Abiotic Petroleum Theory, which explains that hydrocarbons could generate in the mantle and then migrate through deep faults to Earth's crust (in addition to biological processes).
1ak14 TIL that the ancient Egyptians had structures marked with cubit scales—now called "nilometers"—to measure the Nile River's water level during the annual flood (the foundation of their civilization), to predict how much it would fertilize their cropland and whether the flood would be destructive.
wL791 TIL that Hyborian War a play-by-mail game. The game has been continuously available for worldwide play since its inception in 1985 and has changed little in its overall format.
d8vwB TIL : Chimps have more adaptive genetic changes than human.