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TIL that in ‘The X-Files’, aliens begin their colonization of Earth on December 22nd, 2012.

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X0rNX TIL that Hitler had an honorary citizenship of his hometown that wasn‘t revoked until 2011
PYQ0w TIL Rammstein wrote Links 2-3-4 (German for Left 2-3-4) to emphasize that they were to left on the political spectrum, after being accused of fascism/nazism.
awaWo TIL that if you catch a home run ball from the visiting team at Wrigley Field you are expected to throw it back
KPVR TIL that FDR founded an organization to find a cure for polio, and believed that if everyone gave only a dime, polio would be eradicated. Because of this motto, after his death in 1945, FDR’s face was put on the dime, and his organization was renamed “The March of Dimes.”
NxJ TIL Foreign language translations had to change Tom Marvolo Riddle’s name so that an appropriate anagram could be formed from “I am Lord Voldemort.”