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TIL in Japan, when you buy a car, you have to prove you have somewhere to park it

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MeQR0 TIL The last words of the assassin that murdered Leon Trotsky with an ice pick were "I hear it always. I hear the scream. I know he’s waiting for me on the other side."
e04gJ TIL star rappers Post Malone and Childish Gambino got their famous stage names by inputting their real name into the "Wu-Tang Name Generator" and using the first nickname to pop up.
4566 TIL that an Australian family used a large black crystal as a doorstop for over a decade before realizing that it held a 733-carat black sapphire, the Black Star of Queensland
1eaX TIL Spielberg mentioned in Tom Cruise’s presence the name of a doctor friend who prescribed psychiatric medication. Shortly thereafter, the doctor’s office was picketed by Scientologists, causing friendship between Spielberg and Cruise to end.
kO6Y5 TIL the Valyrian languages spoken in the TV show, Game of Thrones, was developed by linguist David J. Peterson based on the few words author George R. R. Martin put in the novels. The fully developed language now provides additional Valyrian translations to Martin for use in his forthcoming novels.