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TIL Hermann Goering's daughter has attempted to claim ownership of the art collections that the Nazi Leader stole during WW2. Her appeals have been rejected since the sixties.

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68pX TIL that Thomas Jefferson once said that “If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption, indifferent and incapable”
Lr6Q TIL that when Romania made their ice hockey World Championship debut in 1931, they lost 0-15 to the US. Their captain approached the referee after the game and asked him to write a message on the official game sheet: ”Thank you for playing against us, we have learned a great deal from this game”.
KMJ9 TIL that the map of the world we use may not be the best representation of the world - the Peters Projection Map is area accurate
6gdY TIL that we put a man on the moon before luggage wheels were invented.
rR5DW TIL that the "Hokey Pokey" (You put your right arm in...) song is hundreds of years old, with dance and lyric origins that go back to the 17th century.