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TIL Kyoto was spared from the atom bomb because the U.S. secretary of war had fond memories of his honeymoon there

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16RQO TIL Alfred Jackson, who was Pres. Andrew Jackson’s slave, was born in the Hermitage, lived his whole life there even after he was freed, worked as a tour guide of the place, had his funeral in the mansion and was also buried there, next to Pres. Jackson’s tomb
6nNw TIL: Apple recovered 2,204 pounds of gold from broken iPhones last year
P1A1O TIL Yogyakarta is a special administrative region in Indonesia co-ruled by a Sultan and a Duke within the Indonesian Republic
4XWMX TIL that American chicken eggs are banned in Europe and European eggs are banned in America.
91Vr TIL that Irish police had been looking for a ‘Prawo Jazdy’, a reckless driver with over 50 offences, only to learn that 'prawo jazdy’ is Polish for 'driver’s license.