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TIL that a German Cinema offered free tickets to the premiere of Schindler's List to members of the right-wing AfD party in Germany

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vaBj TIL the equivalents of the English saying “That’s Greek to me” are “This appears to be Spanish” (German), “This is Russian to me” (Dutch), “It’s German to me” (Philippines), “It’s Hebrew” (Finnish), “It’s Chinese to me” (Hebrew), “Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines” (China).
LDPQ TIL that in Jewish folklore, Adam had a wife named Lilith before Eve was created.
jPrn TIL Theodore Roosevelt watched his mother die of typhoid fever and then immediately had to go upstairs and see his wife die of complications from childbirth.
4XG9J TIL The Tootsie Pop company has a award you can get for counting the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop. The average is 600-800 licks but ranges from 100 to 5,800.
YpEEx TIL GCHQ, one of the British espionage agencies, uses Xbox Live data to find prospective spies. People who achieve the right performance in video games get targeted with in-game ads for the agency.