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TIL that the game “Football Manager” has been cited in at least 35 divorce cases in Britain in the year 2012 alone

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ADWY7 TIL When Bill Gates' daughter started kindergarten, he dropped her off at school in the mornings to help out his wife, Melinda. Within a few weeks, seeing this, other dads at the school began to drop their children off in the mornings instead of their wives.
N5ee TIL that in Australia 4,000 people once rioted because a pub closed.
brQ9 TIL Vincent Van Gogh painted over some of his paintings, keeping them hidden until X-ray technology brought their beauty to light.
6EnGm TIL When Nigeria gained its independence from Britain in 1960, it was in the main boardroom of the newly constructed Federal Palace Hotel that Nigeria's independence declaration was signed. This boardroom is now one of the main features of the hotel's casino
NEOE TIL that after about a millennia of teaching about “Limbo”, in 2007 the Roman Catholic Church concluded that it doesn’t actually exist.