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TIL: Eminem has more Oscars than Leonardo DiCaprio.

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yVJN8 TIL that Stonehenge was restored and the stones were re-erected multiple times
ZD7a TIL John Rabe, a member of the Nazi Party, prevented the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians at the hands of the Japanese by setting up a refugee zone under the Nazi flag.
0dE6L TIL The invention of the Philly Cheesesteak is credited to brothers Pat & Harry Olivieri in the early 1930s. It was originally a snack made for themselves until they shared it with a cab driver that was a regular customer at their hot dog stand, who suggested they sell the sandwich instead.
xVYww TIL 'Carmilla' by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu is thought to be the earliest work of vampire fiction written originally in 1871 and pre-dates the more well-known 'Dracula' by 26 years
b66Vp TIL that during WWI, some 120,000 Belgian civilians (of both sexes) were used as forced labour by the Germans, with roughly half being deported to Germany and half being sent to work just behind the front lines.