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TIL LEGO has a secure, temperature- and humidity-controlled, fireproof underground vault in Denmark that contains every LEGO set ever made.

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mxvAv TIL mob informant Henry Hill - subject of the movie "Goodfellas" - on the first day of his new identity in Witness Protection, took his family to dinner at a Godfather's Pizza franchise as a joke.
WQ5B TIL Piers Morgan forged evidence on the Iraqi torture scandal, which he never apologized for, and ended up getting fired from the Mirror which led him to join CNN
xVVQ0 TIL that the rumour that actress Lupe Velez drowned in her toilet when she slipped while vomiting after a barbiturate overdose is false. Official reports state her death was due to Seconal poisoning not drowning
pEoG TIL numerous studies find no evidence for Vitamin C (or other cold supplements) reducing/preventing colds and flu
ep0lD TIL mammalian placentas have the genes of both parents. The mother's side of the placenta contains her genes but on the embryo's side are paternally imprinted causing what animal breeders call the "Paternal Grandsire Effect" causing certain traits to skip a generation.