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TIL: Mitsubishi motors was founded by a samurai.

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MNe0 TIL in 2010 2/3rds of all gun deaths in the U.S. were from suicide.
XEp66 TIL the artist Camille Corot is one of the most forged artists ever. He had a lazy attitude towards copies. He would sign replicas and even loan his works to professional copiers. Efforts to stop this by publicizing his art backfired, when forgers used the catalogues as guides to refine their fakes.
b99mp TIL that since 1405 until the present day without interruption, the city of Lausanne (Switzerland) has maintained a lookout in the Cathedral bell tower. The lookout announces the time by yelling the hour from 10 pm to 2 am, 365 days a year. The lookout cries the hour to each cardinal direction
xVxZg TIL that the Wizard of Oz is just the first of a series of 14 books by l. Frank Baum.
LKmv TIL Walmart permits RV parking on their store lots as they are able and the price is free for overnight parking.