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TIL that the original LOVE sculpture is housed in a museum in Indiana and was created Robert Indiana who born in Indiana

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N7gZN TIL of Marcel Tyberg, a Viennese composer who, because of his 1/16th Jewish heritage, was killed at Auschwitz in 1944. Before his capture, he entrusted his scores to a close friend. The scores ended up in the US but were untouched for decades. Within the last 10 years, his music was rediscovered.
9wwEG TIL that colored goldfish are colored with different types of vegetables not food dye
Y76er TIL that one of the earliest known board games, Senet, dates back to around 3100 BCE and was enjoyed by both Egyptian commoners and pharaohs.
1BED TIL that nations like the former USSR, Sweden, and a majority of other European nations have stockpiled reserves of steam locomotives in case something happens that renders their diesel or electric fleets inoperable, such as a Nuclear EMP event.
b6YZp TIL that Daryl Hall and John Oates first met and became friends when they ran to the same elevator after a gunfight broke out at a band competition they were both attending