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TIL that Turkey once complained about the emblem of the Armenian SSR, containing one of their mountains. In response the Soviet union said that Turkey didnt own the moon, which is on their flag. Turkey dropped the issue.

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WaZA TIL that parades are a means of political combat in Northern Ireland. Unionists and nationalists hold hundreds of competing parades that may cause violence if they enter territory belonging to “the other side”. The government often bans/reroutes parades to avoid problems.
OogE1 TIL Norwegian guards working at Nazi prison camps in northern Norway were so brutal that it shocked the German SS soldiers supervising them. The German officers were so unnerved that they removed these guards from active service and others were jailed.
wnEY TIL Steven Spielberg declined to direct the Harry Potter movies and said “It’s just like withdrawing a billion dollars and putting it into your personal bank accounts. There’s no challenge.”
x6v60 TIL the location of Washington, DC in the south was the result of “dinner table bargain” compromise between Jefferson and Madison from Virginia and Hamilton from New York, where the national government would assume the state’s debts.
8BYa TIL on Feburary 27, 1717 a series of massive snowstorms began in New England. A week later, 95% of the deer population had died and many single-story homes were completely buried.