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TIL about the giant poop monument of Ponta Grossa, Brazil

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g8Qb TIL Ernest Hemingway was among the first to liberate Paris during WWII BUT he went straight to his favorite bar at the Ritz, reclaimed it from Luftwaffe and spent the next week drunk
YxBB TIL that US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was forced to invent a new signature to be put on US bills. His old signature was just a bunch of loops
aPdo TIL Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca from Star Wars) had to be accompanied by people wearing brightly-colored vests while filming Endor scenes in the Pacific Northwest, as to not be mistaken for Bigfoot and shot.
6EgPm TIL the budget for US military bands is 3x that of the NEA
KOPpE TIL of the forgotten Winchester 1873, which was found in the Great Basin national park in 2014. No one has been able to trace it back to an owner and there is no clear reason why it was abandoned. It remained undiscovered for over 130 years.