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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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KOoZE TIL of John Woods, an Army private who lied his way into becoming the Army's hangman and an officer. He carried out 60-70 executions in two years, several of which he bungled by building the gallows too short, including all ten of the Nuremberg Executions of the Nazi high command.
mb1R TIL: The loudest monkeys have the smallest testicles
wDWW TIL that grunting in tennis is punishable by losing a point to the opponent. This is because some player’s grunts, like Maria Sharapova’s, whose grunt is nearly equal to that of a lion’s roar, can affect how the opponent returns the ball.
YYXZ TIL That Ace and Gary from the Ambiguously Gay Duo on SNL, is voiced by Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell.
JYXZV TIL that "paradise" is a word derived from a proto-Iranian word that meant "walled enclosure"