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TIL a German graffiti artist painted a 250 square meter bridge to make it look like it was made out of Lego.

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GAv5E TIL many years before WW2 or even WW1, Germany had a concentration camp on an island off the coast of Namibia.
bvZa TIL Richard Owen (who created the word Dinosaur) exploited his crippled peer Gideon Mantell, by claiming ownership and renaming his discoveries. After Mantels suicide, Owen wrote his obituary calling Mantell a mediocre Scientist. He then had Mantells spine removed, pickled, and stored.
5V94p Today I learned that the Pokemon anime was banned in Turkey in 2000 when a 7-year-old girl jumped off a fifth-story balcony, pretending to be a Pokemon, and ended up breaking her leg.
4pRN TIL In 2009, Sophie–an Australian cattle dog–fell overboard in rough waters off of the Australian coast, swam five miles to an uninhabited island, and survived for four months hunting feral goats before being rescued.
R5klw TIL Cimetidine (Tagamet), used for treating peptic ulcers, was the first "Blockbuster Drug" - generating over $1 billion in revenue in a single year.