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TIL Aldi Nord also owns the Trader Joe's grocery chain in the United States

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xV8XB TIL After a composer released a song that was just 60 seconds of silence, he was sued by the estate of a man who had released a similar track, called 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence. His defense was, "I have been able to say in one minute what he could only say in four minutes and 33 seconds"
RJBw TIL that Tu Youyou, the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize in medicine, developed a new malaria drug by finding a fever-fighting traditional herb mentioned in a 1,600-year-old text and then isolating the antimalarial compound in the plant.
epPBk TIL about LEGO Braille Bricks. They have been specifically designed for visually impaired children and adults. Each brick includes the braille code for the alphabet in various languages to help children explore new ways to learn
EPvx TIL Nelson Mandela attended Tupac Shakurs ash scattering service in 2006.
8eena TIL that Countess Magdalena "Nina" von Stauffenberg, wife of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (key player in the 20 July plot against Hitler in 1944) was a third cousin to the Duke of Edinburg, the late Prince Philip. She died in 2006.