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TIL that the Romanian Parliament building, commissioned by dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, was so massive and deeply tied to the national economy that, after the 1989 revolution, the new democratic government had no choice but to continue using it—it was simply too costly and complex to abandon

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6EOmX TIL that actress Amanda Seyfried turned down the role of Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy because she thought ‘who wants to see a movie with a tree and a talking raccoon?’
rRK6o TIL About Coober Pedy, an Australian town where 80% of its residents live underground.
56r TIL during WWII, 12000 conscientious objectors served the government without pay. Their many jobs included smokejumping into forest fires, being human test subjects, and working at mental hospitals, where their pacifist approach revolutionized the way mental patients were treated.
nl6Y TIL the 1998 sci-fi film “Lost in Space” is referred to by some as “the Iceberg” because it ended Titanic’s 15-week run as number one at the box office
lVe1 TIL that according to Marco Polo’s writings, Ghenghis Khan died from an injury caused by an arrow to the knee.