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TIL that ending a sentence with a preposition isn’t wrong in English

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grE1A TIL that Koji Kondo, the composer and sound director of the first game of the franchise The Legend of Zelda, had to give up the idea of using Maurice Ravel's Bolero as the soundtrack for the game, as the work was not free of rights then.
p8DD4 TIL of the so-called 'Sewing Circle'; an underground group of lesbian and bisexual Hollywood actresses alleged to have included Marlene Dietrich, Lili Damita, Dolores del Rio, Claudette Colbert and many others. The group would meet at each other's homes for 'lunch, conversation and possibilities'.
b5e9 TIL that all U.S. Treasurers since 1949 have been women.
epdmk TIL there is an IKEA store and restaurant in Manitoba, Canada
KYOoB TIL Union Veterans opposed the construction of a statue in Washington, DC honoring a rebel general.