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TIL that the original London Bridge was purchased by Robert P. McCulloch of Lake Havasu, Arizona in 1968 for 2.4 million dollars, where it still stands today.

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lA51 TIL Nazi war criminals are still being tracked down in the US. The most recent Poland requested the extradition of 98-year-old Minnesota man Michael Karkoc, who is believed by authorities to have been a commander of a Nazi-led unit that was responsible for war crimes during World War II.
J18km TIL that the chicken (Gallus domesticus) is a domesticated species that arose from the red junglefowl, originally from India
60RX TIL that after the Treaty of Versailles, Marshal Ferdinand Foch said “This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years”. 20 years and 65 days later, WW2 broke out.
9YEvm TIL that Eric Stuart (Brock and James from the original Pokémon anime and Kaiba from the Yu-Gi-Oh anime) is a musician as well as a voice actor, and he has toured with Peter Frampton, Ringo Starr, Hall & Oates, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Chicago. Peter Frampton produced his album "Blue, Dressed in Black".
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