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TIL that Indian actor Bonda Mani did not receive Indian citizenship and forever remained as a refugee in India until his death

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oolY TIL An American magician in the 1900’s acted as a Chinese man for his show and never broke character in public, even using a translator when speaking to journalists. he died on stage after a trick went wrong, his last words were “Oh my God. Something’s happened. Lower the curtain.”
wLBW TIL that the Germans lost almost as many men unsuccessfully trying to capture an apartment building in Stalingrad as they did taking France in WWII
X0MMj TIL that when the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911 Pablo Picasso and his friends were initially considered prime suspects
8aR0K TIL there is believed to be only one remaining Jew in Afghanistan. He has special permission to butcher his own meat according to Kosher law, and is caretaker to the only remaining synagogue in Kabul. Despite his family having emigrated to Israel, he himself refuses: "Why should I leave?"
NYG8 TIL Canada produces more waste per capita than any other developed nation.