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TIL that Hitler gave his soldiers sex dolls to prevent the spread of syphilis from prostitutes

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loRP7 TIL that the first message ever sent over the internet was “LO” in 1969. A programmer at UCLA attempted to send each letter of the word “LOGIN” to the Stanford Research institute, but the machine crashed after the first two.
Zpvbv TIL Pakistan has the highest number of glaciers in the world, outside of the polar regions.
VBnoB TIL that pilots can clearly see the curvature of the earth, especially those flying at higher altitudes
epNkJ TIL about a fabled school for black magic in Romania called The Scholomance. One famous attendee was Count Dracula.
Z8x6D TIL in the early 80s there was a wheat field in downtown NYC