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TIL that the hook from Eminem's "Stan" is actually sampled from the song "Thank You" by Dido

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R5pPl TIL Bobby Fischer had a warrant issued for his arrest for violation of sanctions against Yugoslavia.
ANVQx TIL about Giampietro Campana, who amassed one of the largest collections of art and antiquities during the 19th century. He lost it all after it was discovered that he was embezzling from public funds. He was exiled and his collection was seized by the Papal States and sold off to museums.
yQaKe TIL Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world sitting on 162 hectares or 402 acres. The artistic legacy of Angkor Wat led to France adopting Cambodia as a protectorate in 1863.
XVDr TIL that humans are the only living great ape species who have 23 pairs of chromosomes, all other species have 24 pairs.
nW6m7 TIL that Lt. Quentin Roosevelt was shot down and killed during the First World War and buried by the German military, making him the only son of a President to die in combat.