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TIL that there is a 500-year-old statue of a man eating a sack of babies in Bern, Switzerland — Nobody is sure why.

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xVWVw TIL that KFC once tried to expand into new core competencies with KRB, Kentucky Roast Beef
OpJg TIL October 31, 2017 will be the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther posting the 95 Theses, sparking the Protestant Reformation.
DQV1p TIL Harrison Ford turned down the role of Bob Barnes in the 2005 film Syriana. The role went to George Clooney, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his performance
x9Gg TIL: Liberia was a founding member of the UN and a successful African nation…until 1980 when a USA-backed coup assassinated the President, and executed the entire government. Liberia collapsed into a civil war and never recovered.
nWmj7 TIL that Eiji Aonuma, deputy general manager at Nintendo and former project manager for The Legend of Zelda games, is in a brass band called The Wind Wakers