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TIL the Great Mosque of Paris sheltered Jews during the Holocaust and supplied them with Muslim identity certificates

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W5W8 TIL The Damascus Four Seasons Hotel is still open with full services and describes Syria as an “extremely inviting year-round travel destination”
9YdvB TIL The BBFC, the UK's film censorship board, was once forced to watch a 10 hour film of paint drying on the wall before it could give it an age rating. The film was rated as a "U" (Universal) with "no material likely to offend or harm"
8a5xa TIL about California nut crime, which refers to the organised theft of nuts from the state - shipments of which can make up to $500,000. With California producing 80% of the world's almonds, almond theft is particularly lucrative and has been linked to the funding of Pakistani terror groups.
pYAb8 TIL China has only navel and air force headquarters but not an army headquarter until 2015
Egr8X TIL Horror director and Legally Blonde actor Oz Perkins is the son of Psycho star Anthony Perkins, and the nephew of Cabaret and Barry Lyndon star Marisa Berenson. Perkins's mother, Berinthia "Berry" Berenson Perkins, was killed in the September 11th attacks shortly after Legally Blonde's release.