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TIL Hitler was an avid reader, having read at least 6,000 books, and would quote Shakespeare throughout WWII. He ranked Uncle Tom's Cabin, Gulliver's Travels, Don Quixote, and Robinson Crusoe as the great works of world literature.

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8eaGV TIL dogs "play sneeze" when they're feeling excited or playful. "Play sneezes" mean your dog is having a good time and indicate to other dogs that their behavior is only play.
J1rDk TIL Confederate General Joseph Shelby refused to surrender after the Civil War and crossed into Mexico with his men
XvNr TIL the number people are most likely to state when asked to give a random number between 0 and 100 is 37.
x69vk TIL in a survey released by the Database Center For North Korean Human Rights and NK Social Research in Seoul, around 18% of 407 North Koreans said they were willing to return to the North, most of them citing nostalgia
GYk6j TIL that Samoa never had a December 30, 2011 because they moved from the eastern side of the international dateline to the western side on December 29, therefore skipping a day. Employers were still required to pay their staff for December 30 even though it never existed.