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QN4M6 TIL that, despite it being widely reported, Bruce Willis never sold the rights to use his likeness with deep fake technology. A Russian Advert company made it up and illegally used him in a commercial.
d8gwd TIL that Thucydides, one of Ancient Greece’s greatest historians, was killed mid-sentence.
RmD8 TIL: Joseph Stalin in 1944 encouraged Polish resistance fighters in Warsaw to rebel against their German occupiers, then ordered his nearby army units not to help. The resulting German victory annihilated any who could feasibly challenge Stalin’s rule once the Soviets liberated Warsaw in 1945.
grrKy TIL in June 2021, a Diver off the coast of Massachusetts was swallowed by a whale. He was trapped in its mouth for nearly a minute before being belched out, surviving with minor injuries.
ADXDd TIL one of Switzerland’s defense strategies is to demolish every main road, bridge and railway access into Switzerland in case of a foreign invasion, with at least 3,000 locations around the country prepared to blow at a moment’s notice.