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TIL About Walther Wenck, the German commander put in charge of saving Berlin from soviet forces in spring 1945. Understanding the futility of this effort, as they had no resources and were facing soviet wrath, he instead evacuated hundreds of thousands of citizens and surrendered to the Americans.

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eA6E TIL Christmas (December 25) is actually the FIRST “Day of Christmas”, and that the “Twelve Days of Christmas” actually lead up to the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6). Most of this tradition has been forgotten in Western Christianity.
E1KVd TIL about Miyuki Ishikawa, a midwife and a serial killer who murdered at least 103 babies born to impoverished parents. When she was caught, her sentence was four years in prison.
r8Jw TIL Nate Boyer, a former Green Beret, was the one who suggested taking a knee to Colin Kaepernick
X57R TIL In 1932 two gold miners dynamited a huge section of rock from a mountainside in Wyoming & found a sealed cavern with a 7 inch tall fully developed mummy. X-Ray & Photo courtesy of Chicago Field Museum.
Z8yx4 TIL that Discovery Channel lied to a scientist in order to get him to participate in a fake documentary on Voodoo sharks for Shark Week, and edited the interviews on Bull Sharks to make it appear as if he was researching the Cryptid Shark. He did not know what the program was about until it aired.