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TIL that as France crumbled under the Nazi invasion in June 1940, the German army engaged in a series of massacres against African soldiers in the Lyon region, in the southeast of the country.
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 03:25PM by tenzin_Qing
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France 24
The Nazi massacre of African soldiers in French army, 80 years on
As France crumbled under the Nazi invasion in June 1940, the German army engaged in a series of massacres against African soldiers in the Lyon region, in the southeast of the country. After shining a…
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TIL there is a Malaysian businessman and fugitive who has been wanted by Interpol since 2016 for allegedly stealing $4.5 billion from his government and still hasn’t been caught. Using that money he also funded The Wolf of Wall Street movie.
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 04:00PM by mortgage_queen
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TIL a 9,000-year-old structure, like Stonehenge, was found at the bottom of Lake Michigan. It even has a carving of a mastodon
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 05:51PM by Spirited_Manager_831
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Artnet News
Is There a Prehistoric Structure Under Lake Michigan?
An arrangement of 9,000-year-old blocks of granite, 40 feet under the surface of Lake Michigan, resembles a smaller Stonehenge.
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TIL since 1977 Steven Spielberg has directed the highest-grossing film of the year in the United States four times (which is more than any other director): Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Jurassic Park (1993), and Saving Private Ryan (1998).
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 06:01PM by tyrion2024
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TIL that former Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan, after retiring from figure skating started a career as a diplomat, becoming ambassador to Belize from 2022 to 2025.
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 09:06PM by johnsmithoncemore
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TIL Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire, was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongolian Empire
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 06:47PM by NumerousCranberry441
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Amicus Travel Mongolia
Mughal Dynasty
The history of the Mughal Dynasty in India is an indisputable branch of the great history of the Mongol nation. Moghul dynasty ruled
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TIL Both Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis were honorary members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 10:22PM by house_of_ghosts
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TIL during the 1960s–70s “Secret War” in Laos, the US covertly trained and led the indigenous Hmong people to fight the communist Pathet Lao party and North Vietnamese troops. At its peak, around 30,000–40,000 Hmong fighters were involved.
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 11:38PM by electroctopus
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TIL about the "McEmbassy." Every McDonald’s in Austria has a 24-hour hotline to the US Embassy to help American travellers who are in distress or have lost their passports.
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 12:43AM by SnooConfections3389
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CBS News
If you lose your passport in Austria, head for McDonald's Golden Arches
Every McDonald's in the European nation now has a dedicated hotline to the U.S. Embassy under an agreement signed with the American ambassador
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TIL that the great Maurice Ravel wrote his most famous piece, Boléro, while probably suffering from the first symptoms of a fatal neurodegenerative disease. Some researchers believe that the revolutionary repetitive structure and obsessive focus on timbre were a result of left hemisphere damage
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 01:20AM by Nsolari724
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NPR
Ravel's 'Boléro:' A Product of Dementia?
Jason Lai conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a performance of Boléro by Maurice Ravel. Could the work have been a manifestation of Ravel's growing dementia?
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TIL that there's a 25-year-long wait list to bring a car into Catalina Island.
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 02:12AM by Physical_Hamster_118
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TIL Elijah Wood revealed in a 2021 interview that he still hadn't finished reading The Lord of the Rings
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 03:33AM by RunDNA
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Esquire
Elijah Wood Will Be Frodo Forever, But He Still Hasn't Finished Reading 'Lord of the Rings'
"It's ridiculous that I haven't..It's so dumb."
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TIL the founder of the Hells Angels was cast in FX’s hit series Sons of Anarchy and was a technical advisor for the show.
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 04:59AM by hfg2q23a
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ScreenRant
Sons Of Anarchy: Every Real-Life Hells Angels Member In The Cast
Hells Angels meet SAMCRO.
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TIL the 26th Grammy Awards Ceremony (1984) still holds the record for the highest viewership in grammy history at 51.67 Million viewers.
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 04:37AM by Key-Bass-7380
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Billboard
40 Years Ago, Michael Jackson Lifted the 1984 Grammys to Their All-Time Highest Rating (And He Didn’t Sing a Note)
40 Years Ago, Michael Jackson lifted the Grammys to their all-time highest rating (and he didn’t sing a note). A close look at the Feb. 28, 1984 show.
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TIL that, in video games, "ludonarrative dissonance" is the technical name for the conflict between the story told in the gameplay, and the story in the non-interactive scenes (for example, the way that Drake in "Uncharted" is a fun-loving rogue in the cutscenes but a killing machine in the game).
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 06:13AM by Bob_the_blacksmith
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TIL that 44% of the world's adult population has never consumed alcohol
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 07:13AM by JoeyZasaa
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TIL a farmer cut off his own leg with a 4-inch pocket knife to free himself from a grain auger. After his leg got stuck, he kept getting pulled in deeper & deeper and with nobody around to help, he had to cut off his leg before time ran out. He then crawled 150 feet to a landline to call for help.
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 06:14AM by tyrion2024
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ABC News
Nebraska farmer recounts sawing off his leg with a pocket knife to save his own life
Kurt Kaser says the accident occurred on his Nebraska farm on April 26.
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TIL that the U.S. uses the 13th Amendment loophole to force incarcerated people into work, producing over $11 billion in goods & services while they earn pennies per hour and often lose most pay to fees.
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 07:59AM by Own-Bullfrog7362
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TIL that Christopher McDonald declined playing Shooter McGavin twice because he was tired of playing villains and he wanted to spend time with his family. He became interested in the role after winning a round of golf.
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 08:44AM by RareXG
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TIL about the trend Happy slapping (2005) where teenagers would randomly assault strangers and film it on mobile phones for entertainment.
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 03:58AM by CivilisedMleccha
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TIL that as a child, Charles Dickens worked 10-hour days in a London boot-blacking factory - a trauma he later called the deepest shame of his life, but one that forged his strict 9–2, five-hour writing discipline and his life-long refusal to let his own children work.
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 11:43AM by Upstairs_Drive_5602
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