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TIL: Russia made us a 9/11 monument that few know about

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GYoR7 TIL it takes four days of good sleep to fully recover from just 1 hour of needed sleep lost.
R7OVw TIL that collective punishments is a war crime, as stated in the Hague Regulations and the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions.
X09NE TIL Homo Sapiens hunted to extinction 46/57 megaherbivore species (body mass ≥1,000 kg) over the past 50 000 years
pYaaA TIL Cormac McCarthy, One of America's greatest writers, wrote 10 books and an estimated 5 million words on a 1963 Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter. It sold at auction in 2009 for $254,500. The next day McCarthy received the same model from a friend as a replacement that cost $20.
7K1X TIL that “sardine” isn’t actually species of fish but rather a generic name given to to various small, oily fish within the herring family of Clupeidae.