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TIL The 2020 Olympic Games will take place in Tokyo, Japan, as predicted in the manga "Akira" released in 1982.

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e5ND TIL lead singer of Alice in Chains Layne Staley was found laying dead next to several spray paint cans with a fully loaded syringe in his right hand and one still attached to his leg. His height was 6 feet but he only weighed 86 pounds upon finding him.
mZo TIL there is a dog suicide bridge in Scotland
BrZeK TIL When the nazis burned books in 1933, one "burned" author was actually present in the crowd. Incognito, child book author and satirist Erich Kästner watched the fanatic nazi students toss his works into the flames. He had to leave when a woman recognized him and cried out his name.
8yXa TIL that in 1967 British philosopher Bertrand Russell organized an international war crimes tribunal that unanimously concluded the U.S Government was guilty of genocide against the people of Vietnam.
9Ovm TIL German Chocolate Cake is named after American chocolate maker, Sam German.