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TIL 8000 people follow a twitter account called “Cologne Cathedral” that tweets “DONG” every hour. The amount of “DONGs” shows the time.

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r9Vd TIL that in 2003, Abercrombie and Fitch was sued for workplace discrimination after firing Asian, Black, and other minority employees because they “did not fit the A&F image.”
l76M5 TIL that the Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Rome pretending jews had a highly contagious disease called 'Syndrome K' to keep them safe from Anti-Semitic laws when the Nazis occupied Northern Italy.
gMAX TIL that ‘The Lion King’ was originally supposed to be titled 'The King of the Jungle’. The reason they changed it is because they learned that lions don’t actually live in the jungle, they live in the savannah.
Nrl6 TIL Russia secretly had maps so detailed of the Canadian Arctic during the Cold-War that other ships now use them over official maps.
6EY7w TIL in Pokemon Red/Blue, the remaining Pokemon that doesn't get picked by you or your rival is kept by Professor Oak. You can perform a glitch in the game to battle Professor Oak and he has that unused starter Pokemon at its final evolution along with a team of Pokemon on par with the Elite 4's.