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TIL Hans-Ulrich Rudel, a Stuka pilot, flew 2,530 combat missions claiming a total of 2,000 targets destroyed; including 800 vehicles, 519 tanks, 150 artillery pieces, a destroyer, two cruisers, one Soviet battleship, 70 landing craft, 4 armored trains, several bridges and nine aircraft.

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OGMYg TIL of the chess cheating scandal, where Magnus Carlsen accused Hans Niemann of repeatedly cheating
jNY1M TIL that a 12-minute Hobbit "movie" was made in 1967 because the production company was about to lose the film rights unless a movie was released. It was produced quickly and cheaply, released on the very last day the rights would expire. Tolkien had to pay $100,000 to get the rights back.
lorpB TIL coffee drinking is associated with a decreased risk of dementia. Drinking 3-5 cups of coffee per day in midlife is associated with a decreased risk of dementia by about 65%.
KOo09 TIL that, if we measure the height of moutain from the center of the Earth (which is the same for everybody) and not from sea-level (which is fluctuating and sometimes, hard to calculate), the highest peak on Earth is the Chimporazo Volcano in Chile.
VMe8B TIL the neolithic cave of Scaloria has a basin carved into the bedrock, with pottery placed on top of the stalagmites surrounding it. 70 pots were recovered, some still sitting in place after 7,000 years. The whole scene is looked over by a lone skull.