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TIL how many A list actors and actresses signed the Polanski petition

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kOZ11 TIL standard classroom maps are based on the Mercator projection, a 16th century rendition that shows disproportionate sizes of continents, resulting in widespread misconceptions of geography.
wLLmE TIL of the existence of Sovereign Military Order of Malta. A sovereign state recognised by international law and seating in the UN without any territorial claims.
JWEm TIL there is no Nobel Prize for Mathematics because Alfred Nobel did not want one.
R5a7l TIL The Zombies 1968 song "A Rose for Emily" was inspired but not based on William Faulkner's story: "I enjoyed the story, but I thought, 'What a beautifully evocative title.' Even though I’d just read the short story, I took the title and spun my own story around," said composer Rod Argent in 2017.
ADgR4 TIL That a 19-Year-old student hid a spy camera in his clothing to take secret street photos in the 1890s, taking pictures of people in a natural state, rather than in the strict posing trends that dominated in photography during those years.