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TIL Beirut is the capital of Lebanon
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TIL a woman watching an A&E show discovered that her apartment once belonged to a serial killer who tortured women in the basement. The woman begged to get out of her lease, but the landlord refused. She was the killer’s mother.
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TIL some Jewish males celebrate a second Bar Mitzvah at age 83, under the logic that the Torah states a normal lifespan is 70 years, thus an 83-year-old can be considered 13 in a second lifetime. This practice is becoming more common as people live longer, healthier lives
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TIL that The Red Baron's brother Lothar, who was in Jasta 11 under his brother's command, survived the war, only to die in 1922 when his plane's engine failed.
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TIL that the surgeon who pioneered organ transplant proved it by sewing dogs heads to other dogs
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TIL in 1867 after Union soldiers set fire to Columbia, SC, the New York Fire Dep. raised money for a hose carriage; Colombia promised to return the favor whenever New York needed it. Shortly after 9/11, Colombia Fire Dep. followed up and raised money for a new fire truck for the NYPD.