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TIL tourists often get lost on their way to visit Auschwitz in Poland, because the name is absent from both the nearby bus stop and train station.

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P18GG TIL that Dwight Eisenhower took up painting during the last twenty years of his life and did about 260 paintings including a portrait of Abraham Lincoln
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YpnvZ TIL that when released in France in 2007, Ratatouille was not only praised for its technical accuracy and attention to culinary detail, it also drew the 4th highest opening-day attendance in French movie history.
XE9er TIL in 1965 Timothy Leary was convicted of possession of Marijuana and sentenced to 30 years in prison and fined $30,000 (2020: $250,000)
kOZrd TIL: Country superstar, Garth Brooks, created an alter ego rockstar, Chris Gaines, in 1999.