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TIL Robert De Niro is the only child of two well-regarded Greenwich Village painters, Virginia Admiral and Robert De Niro, Sr.

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opo7 TIL Germany’s debt from WW1 was equivalent to 96,000 tons of gold.
KOBRJ TIL: The Nazis original plan was to ship European Jews to Madagascar.
Br9GK TIL about the Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine, which was giving out random cans of soda most of which were discontinued decades ago, or were not available in US. Machine operated up until June 2018
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