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TIL - A small group of German soldiers were forgotten on a remote British island, and only surrendered three weeks after the war had ended

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wLy0E TIL That the 2010 Toyota 4runner SR5 has a specific button on the dash labeled “Party Mode” which shifted the speaker equalization to the rear and pumped the bass up. It is meant for tailgating and Toyota thought it was easier to just give it its own button.
6W7J TIL the English invented the myth that carrots make you see better as propaganda during WWII to help conceal their nighttime vision secret weapon (radar)
8eNNL TIL If you were to unravel all the DNA molecules in your body and lay them end to end, they would stretch from the Earth to the Sun and back over 600 times.
nW8yb TIL eating feces is a common practice for the Shih Tzu dog breed :)
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