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TIL that in 1999 a British man, angered at being charged £20 for going £10 overdrawn, legally changed his name to "Yorkshire Bank plc are Fascist Bastards" just to receive a return cheque in that name to settle the account.

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1OoO TIL Mohammed Hemly, an Egyptian doctor who lived in Nazi Berlin, saved the lives of a Jewish friend and her family by sheltering them in his cabin for 3 years. Years later the Isreali Government gave him an honorific title, but his next of kin rejected the honor, citing Egypt-Israel relations.
8a5E8 TIL that Lions once roamed in Southern Europe, mainly Ancient Greece, the Balkans and southern Russia.
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VQym TIL there is an abandoned subway station under City Hall in New York that no train stops at but that you can see in passing if you take the number 6 train
WdbY TIL in 1976 there was a wine tasting competition in Paris that blindly compared Californian wines to French wines. California won and the lone reporter covering the event was blacklisted for reporting it.