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TIL that quidditch from Harry Potter has been adapted into a real-life sport, in which the players use brooms, but run instead of flying

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78ZnX TIL of Patagonian Welsh, a dialect found in Argentina developed by Welsh immigrants in the 1870s in an effort to preserve the Welsh language.
7rJb7 TIL that The Monuments Men actually aimed to bring all German artwork back the United States, until the German people protested.
691Aw TIL Tina Bell an African American woman is considered an early grunge pioneer and is dubbed "the Godmother of Grunge" and "queen of Grunge" , her Seattle-based band Bam Bam was considered one of the founders of the grunge music scene. Future Nirvana Kurt Cobain once served as a roadie for the band.
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