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TIL There's a lake in Russia which we think might have been formed in 1908 by the Tunguska event, but we're not sure because there are no accurate pre-1908 maps of the area.

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R5064 TIL of the Dachau trials in Slovenia, where by show trials the communist regime accused 31 survivors of the Dachau concentration camp that they survived it because they were Nazi spies and worked with western powers against socialism. 10 were executed, 20 were sent to a forced labour camp
gMloy TIL When Hitler adopted the undercut hairstyle, his legion of blonde (undercut) haired, blue-eyed Aryans quickly followed suit, apparently requesting the style because it eased the wearing and removing of their helmets. The style resurfaced in the 1980s and again in the 2010s
epmPk TIL in the music video for Cruel Summer by Bananarama, the band was high on cocaine for the second part of the shoot and it’s noticeable in the video.
6EE77 TIL about the Circassian Genocide, where about 1,500,000 Circassians were killed and hundreds of thousands were displaced by the Russian Empire in an attempt to make room for Russian colonization in Circassia.
R4gQ TIL the names on the 9/11 Memorial are arranged by relationship, instead of alphabetically, in order to preserve the bonds of family and friendship, and to show the connections between people who changed each others’ lives that day.