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TIL that Ingmar Bergman interviewed with himself many times.

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dDvnd TIL: The Roman punishment of Relegatio is the mildest form of exile. You are banished from Rome, but get to keep your citizenship, property, land, etc. One senator chose the famous island of Lesbos. It is a light punishment meant for adulterers, pimps, abusers, and manslaughter.
W7v7Y TIL Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa designed Kazakhstan's new capital city of Astana with enormous pavilion space, hotels, and art venues. Even though the city has glitzy architecture and skyscrapers, the average resident only makes $450 a month
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AMvo TIL that there is a 500-year-old statue of a man eating a sack of babies in Bern, Switzerland — Nobody is sure why.