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TIL You can still send telegrams almost anywhere, and (hilariously) you can order online.

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Oo48a TIL The Creator of Sea-Monkeys was a Nazi
XEnyQ TIL: Raccoons are not native to Germany. They were brought there in the 1920s for their pelts. During World War II, an Allied bomb hit a raccoon farm wall, allowing a dozen or so to escape. Today, German cities are being overrun by millions of raccoons!
Yp5V7 TIL about Sanada Masayuki, the head of Sanada clan in the 16th century, sent his older son to join the Tokugawa army and his younger son to the opposing army at the Battle of Sekigahara, the turning point in feudal Japan, to ensure the survival of the clan, regardless of the outcome.
vPl4L TIL that Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand was a French foreign minister who served the Ancien regime, the French Revolution (surviving The Terror), Napoleon's Empire, the Restoration, Charles X, the July Revolution, and Louis Phillipe. He was extremely corrupt and helped to overthrow three governments.
aJmo TIL TSA officials at Dulles International Airport snapped a cellist’s $20,000 bow in half, then replaced it in the case for him to find later. By forcing it down, they cracked a part of the cello too