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TIL after WW1 the French had the railway cars that Germany surrender in stored in a museum. During WW2 when France was preparing to surrender, Hitler ordered the walls of museum torn down and the railway cars returned to the exact spot of the 1918 armistice in order to humiliate the French.

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QJlOp TIL the Philippines is one of two countries, the other being Vatican City, that doesn't allow divorce. Instead, citizens have to go through an expensive & complex annulment process to circumvent the divorce ban.
0wwd5 TIL about the Dunbar’s number. It is a theoretical upper limit of the people one can maintain stable relationships with. Suggested between 100 and 250. So if a town’s population is below the Dunbar’s number, it is more likely to have harmony and peace that a larger town or city.
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