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TIL that Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini were all nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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OoQkX TIL In 1937, Angelo Hays was declared dead and buried 3 days later. 2 days after that, an insurance investigation exhumed him and found him in a coma. He made a complete recovery. He later invented a coffin complete with upholstery, a food locker, chemical toilet, library, and radio transmitter.
yVJdv TIL That the Wizard of OZ is only the 1st of 14 original works, and a total of 40 books in a series about the Land of OZ.
GA7l4 TIL about Linseed Oil on rags causing Spontaneous Combustion
ne4wd TIL that the Dutch East India Company paid its investors an 18% annual dividend for almost 200 years.
dw6K TIL there was a ‘Little Ice Age’ in the 1810s, that ended in a year without summer. It was dubbed “Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death”