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TIL that Nazi monuments were built of special materials so they would make aesthetically pleasing ruins

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16XGV TIL that the Sovereign Military Order of Malta briefly had an air force after WWII
9YQeD TIL When Shigeru Miyamoto was a child, he didn't have any toys or TV so he would spend his time roaming the countryside unsupervised. One day, he found a deep dark hole. He grabbed a lantern and discovered a miniature cave system. This experience formed the spiritual basis of The Legend of Zelda
vnO8 TIL that any map can be colored using only four colors without any same-color sections touching each other.
4XVJN TIL Billy Graham bailed Martin Luther King out of jail in the 1960s when King was arrested in demonstrations.
5bEr TIL of Sesame, a particle accelerator being built in the Middle East. Modelled on CERN which was set up after WW2 to bring together scientists from former adversaries in Europe, it allows researchers from openly hostile countries to collaborate. Israel, Iran and Palestine are founding members.