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TIL an estimated 400,000 children were fathered by occupying forces in Germany during World War II.

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NBBQ TIL nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu exposed details of Israel’s nuclear capabilities to British press in 1986. Mossad agents abducted Vanunu from Rome and he was secretly taken to Israel and sentenced to 18 years on charges of treason and espionage following a secret trial.
VM6e0 TIL Tailfins for cars only stuck around for a little over a decade. It started first as pointy little nubs and then as big fins peaking in 1959 with Cadillac producing the most iconic pair of tailfins ever
GY894 TIL super weaners are elephant seal pups who, in an attempt to slow their weaning, will steal milk from nursing female elephant seals ("milk thieves"), or be adopted by another nursing mother elephant seal ("double mother-sucklers"). Super weaners are usually male, and may weigh up to 600 lbs.
e8jL TIL Finland has been ranked to have worlds most free press 12 times since 2002 by Reporters Without Borders. USA ranked 41st in 2016.
d8ENZ TIL that the first written recipe for guacamole was written down by a pirate.