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TIL In 1989, Will Smith did ‘Fresh Prince’ because he was in Trouble with the IRS, $2.8 Million in Taxes after his 2nd Album Flopped

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YKoW TIL During WWII, a single Australian division was purposely left behind, and ended up holding off the German army for 241 days. They protected the key port city of Tobruk, forcing the German supply lines to stretch over 900 miles to the next available port.
oR7mR TIL there is clear evidence that one of the largest volanic eruptions in human history took place in the mid-15th century, but scientists still have no idea where it happened
4bLw TIL that Canada Post receives millions of letters addressed to Santa Claus each year, with a special dedicated postal code, H0H 0H0. About 15,000 current and retired Canada Post employees respond to each letter received pretending to be Santa
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