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TIL that the motto of Detroit translates from Latin as “We hope for better things; it will arise from the ashes”.

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BrOve TIL that of Canada’s history with slavery. Indigenous people made up TWO THIRDS of the slaves in Canada.
5VKjr TIL - The famous B-17 crash landing scene in "Tora Tora Tora" wasn't old stock footage. The aircraft used during the filming experienced an actual landing gear failure and the emergency landing was recorded by the film crew. Since no one was injured they decided to use the footage in the movie.
78G9P TIL that the “myth of the clean Wehrmacht,” the notion that the regular German army wasn’t involved in Nazi war crimes, was promoted by US leadership to facilitate German rearmament amid Cold War tensions.
E1p5o TIL the planet Earth is approximately halfway between the formation of the previous super continent "Pangea", which formed about 300 million years ago and existed until about 150 million years ago, and the next possible super continent, which may form in the future in about 250 million years
wmRY TIL four of the main characters in Disney’s Frozen reflect the author on which the original story is based. Hans Christian Anderson = Hans, Kristoff, Anna, Sven.