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TIL that between 1945 and the early 1990s, approximately 40,000 Brutalist, alien-looking sculptures called Spomeniks were built all over Yugoslavia. Intended as World War II memorials, some are the size of a 15-story building.

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PQWw TIL a woman filing for public assistance failed 4 DNA tests to prove maternity of her children. She was taken to court and risked losing custody. It was later discovered she had absorbed her twin in the womb and her reproductive organs carried different DNA to other parts of her body.
REZ7 TIL in France, Pepé Le Pew has an Italian accent.
NwWE TIL that the lion’s habitat once extended as far north as Turkey and all the way from North Africa to India.
LmD9 TIL Sergei Bubka repeatedly and deliberately broke the world pole vault record by the smallest possible height so he could cash in on a Nike bonus with each new record. In a two-year span, he broke his own world record 14 times.
WPk4 TIL when using iTunes you agree to not use it to make nuclear weapons.