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TIL that for the signing of the 1940 armistice between Germany and France, Hitler had the railcar that was used at the end of WWI placed in the exact same spot as the 1918 armistice and afterwards had the site destroyed.

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nek5r TIL Ryan North (Marvel writer) once got stuck in a skate pit with only "his dog Noam Chompsky, an umbrella, a leash, a t-shirt, and a pocket computer" after the rain had made the pit slippery. When he asked Twitter users for help, they found a way for him to combine those items that let him escape.
l7EMa TIL It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has never won an Emmy in its entire run. It has never even been nominated in a major category with three nominations for Outstanding Stunt Coordination being the only ones it has ever received.
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rg7d TIL on 1 April 1976, a radio prank convinced listeners that a rare astronomical event that day would cause a temporary decrease in Earth’s gravity, such that listeners would feel a floating sensation at that exact moment. Soon after 9:47 that morning, phone calls poured in confirming the phenomenon.