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TIL: that in Germany. People go to more orchestra concerts than football (soccer) games

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0wQk1 TIL about the Kentucky Miner Who Scammed Americans by Posing as Hitler With ‘Invisible Spaceships’
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R7YK8 TIL In 1907 President Roosevelt sailed into Provincetown Massachusetts harbor, eight battleships in two squadrons formed a lane for the yacht to pass through. His mission was to lay the cornerstone of the Pilgrim Monument.
d8jDZ TIL in Latin America, the children of a chinese man and a latin american indian woman are called "saltapatrás", which literally means, "jump backwards"
EgZ1P TIL: The cliched and once popular dog name "Fido" is Latin for "Faithful" and made popular by Abraham Lincoln who is likely the first person to use that name on a dog.