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TIL the Soviet Union nearly launched a nuclear attack on China in 1969, only the intervention of the United States stopped them

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yQWGp TIL that all Ashkenazi Jews come from a population of about 350 people between 600 and 800 years ago
dbn7 TIL the hit show “To Catch A Predator” was cancelled in 2008 because an assistant to the Texas DA office shot himself after he was caught talking to and exchanging pictures with a decoy posing as a 13 year old boy.
0dpJA TIL that in 13 years, the number of living U.S. WW2 II veterans is expected to shrink down from 122,485 to 311.
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