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TIL about Helmuth von Moltke. He is the only person in the 18th century whose voice was recorded.

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jVgN TIL a Buddhist monk who died in 1927 has yet to show signs of decay after his body was exhumed for the third time in 2002.
Wk54o TIL about the hidden genocide in West Papua happening since 1969, where over 500,000 natives have been killed. The presence of large gold and copper mines drive Indonesian interests there, who do not allow the presence of international journalists in West Papua.
QGAM TIL 70 years ago today, Allied troops linked up with the French resistance. Within 24 hours, Paris was liberated from the Nazis.
X05Vj TIL: Antilia is one of the most expensive private residences in the world, costing over $1 billion. The billionaire had his entire family live in the 27 story home which requires 600 servants and has 168 car garage, 9 elevators, a theatre, pool, ballroom, and snow room. It was built on an orphanage.
5Yjjn TIL during the Rwandan genocide, Tutsi women were deliberately infected with HIV so that Tutsi population be controlled in the long term