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TIL that WW2 memorials in Prague all date 1938-45 instead of the traditional 1939 as they believed the betrayal of the Munich Agreement to be the true start of the war.

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eMKE TIL that George Washington’s only military surrender was to the French.
rRaZW TIL that 9/11, which caused all US planes to be grounded for 3 days, was used by Climate scientists to study the affect that contrails have on the environment.
ENVw TIL that in 1995 authorities of the People’s Republic of China abducted the 6 year old Panchen Lama of Tibet,Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. He has not been seen or heard from since.
8XLa TIL that it is safe to eat the stickers that are on fruit, and the glue used to put them on is actually food grade
748P TIL thatin 1994, the Surgeon General of the U.S. was fired for saying masturbation is “part of human sexuality, and perhaps should be taught.”