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TIL Audrey Hepburn's mother met Hitler and wrote favorable articles about him for the British Union of Fascists

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o518 TIL that every year, the city of Oslo, Norway donates a Christmas tree to Britain as a token of gratitude for their help in World War II.
8K9P TIL If our planet was 50% larger in diameter, we would not be able to venture into space, at least using rockets, due to how the fuel requirements for rockets scale.
W7kl8 TIL that Bob Marley shared his royalties with a soup kitchen so it would be able to stay open
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