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TIL that Lithuania was the last pagan nation in Europe, before their official adoption of Roman Catholic in 1387

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Dpjj TIL that Bill Nye the Science Guy was the technical expert on the television show BattleBots.
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NXXvM TIL that Alec Guinness earned 2.25% of the profit from Star Wars
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