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TIL the OTAN initials in NATO's emblem are its french name

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BZkb TIL in WWI, a man was shot in the frontal lobe and, as a result, never slept again. He lived for 40 years after this injury.
rRa11 TIL of Jennifer Teege, a half-black woman that didn’t learn until she was 38 that her grandfather had been Amon Göth, the sadistic Nazi concentration camp commandant dramatized in Schindler’s List
9nW7 TIL the longest continual train rail can take you from the Portuguese coast, through Russia, all the way to southern Vietnam, covering over 10,700 miles (17k kilometers) and 17 countries in 13 days.
WklA9 TIL during the Battle of Bomarsund in 1854, Charles Davis Lucas tossed a live Russian artillery shell overboard before it exploded. He would be awarded the Victoria Cross and ultimately ascend to the rank of Rear Admiral before retiring in 1873, dying in 1914 at the age of 80
QN79 TIL John Travolta was originally asked to star in the movie “Forrest Gump”, but turned it down. He later regretted his decision.