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E17wx TIL that the ISS or the International Space Station at an average altitude of 400 kilometers/248 miles above Earth and circle the globe every 90 minutes at a speed of about 17,500 mph or 28,000 km/h.
8eXMV TIL that George V was euthanised by his personal physician to ensure the morning papers had the news
4XebX TIL: Stalin was actually warned about the Nazi invasion, 'Barbarossa', weeks before it actually happened. Refusing to believe the Nazis had broken the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of 1939, dismissing the reports of war as British provocations. More than 800,000 Soviets were killed, 6 million captured.
o5JY TIL that Sean Connery wore a toupee in all of the James Bond movies because he started balding at age 21.
ZlJa TIL The German Parliament building has a glass dome above it and people can walk over it. This is to remind the politicians that government should be transparent, and the people are always above them.