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TIL Hitler gave orders to destroy Paris on the eve of the allied liberation in 1944 but the Nazi General in command deliberately ignored the order

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7xLx TIL that the Normandy beach landing scene in Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan cost $12Million alone, employed use of over 1,500 extras and has been rated ‘the best battle scene of all time’ by Empire magazine
OoRL7 TIL A recent study revealed that a plastic bag, like the kind given away at grocery stores, is now the deepest known piece of plastic trash, found at a depth of 10,975 meters (36,000 feet) inside the Mariana Trench.
Br56y TIL that even though there are 36 species of cats, only 4 of them can actually roar - and because they CAN roar, they CAN'T purr.
kJV6E TIL that sea otters hold hands while sleeping to prevent drifting apart. This behavior is called "rafting" and helps keep them safe in the ocean currents.
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