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TIL Teller from Penn & Teller has legally changed his name to just “Teller”.

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yVa5w TIL The French submarine Curie was sunk on 20 december 1914 while trying to infiltrate the Austro-Hungarian Navy's main base at Pola. She was then raised, renamed SM U-14 and served the rest of WW1 in the Austro-Hungarian Navy before she was returned to France after WW1.
awkPJ TIL as a result of World War II the population of London fell so dramatically that the city didn't return to its pre-war population level until January 2015.
9y5M TIL Nazi Field Marshal Erwin “Desert Fox” Rommel was forced on orders from Hitler to either commit suicide by cyanide pill or to have his family murdered and legacy shamed. He chose to commit suicide.
Lk6NQ TIL that the two sons of Archduke Franz Ferdinand were sent to Dachau and made to clean toilets for objecting to Hitler’s annexation of Austria
YpRRx TIL that in the late 90s there was a live action Wallace and Gromit that was only aired once and is utterly terrifying