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TIL Randy Johnson, one of the best pitchers ever, is now a professional photographer.

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0DX5 TIL After having slaves build Genghis Khan’s tomb, they were killed, and the soldiers who killed them were also killed in order to conceal the burial site.
9Y11G TIL In 1997, Boris Yeltsin refused to allow the President of Belarus to let his aircraft into Russia, forcing him to cancel a regional visit. Yeltsin sent a telegram saying the visit could take place only under certain conditions related to the release of a television journalist detained in Belarus
Gal5 TIL a Dutch television network broadcasted The Big Donorshow, in which a supposedly terminally ill woman chose 1 out of 25 contestants to receive her kidney after she died. The program sparked a major controversy, but led to 50.000 requests for donor forms.
DQK0e TIL Carbonara was originated during WWII due to US soldiers bringing powdered eggs and dehydrated bacon to Italy
X0Pr TIL That the Eiffel tower was actually made in Romania, and each piece of metal reads “Made in Resita, Romania”