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TIL that actors Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are siblings.

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KO9Z9 TIL that the London Underground is getting hotter because the clay that the tunnels are dug into spent decades absorbing heat and has now reached maximum capacity, so it is now insulating the tunnels. When the tube was first built it was much cooler than the city above.
dxjZ TIL in 1952 Albert Einstein was offered the Presidency of Israel
R7goj TIL that the Allied forces in WWII fell into the same trap along the Appian Way that was set by the Romans for Greek general Pyrrhus 2,200 years before
8eJ7K TIL that the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961), one of the deadliest famines in history, was significantly worsened by the socialist policies of the Chinese government, leading to an estimated 15-45 million deaths.
mj8p TIL for over 18 years a Japanese composer pretended to be deaf and paid a ghostwriter to compose his music. Time magazine called him a “digital-age Beethoven”.