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TIL The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated the same year Nintendo was founded.

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OGex7 Today I learned that all planets are round because of gravitational forces.
yOEl TIL that in 1979 a 16 yr old girl shot up an elementary school in San Diego. The reason for the shooting “I don’t like Mondays”.
XEWAR TIL Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA star, is actually a published novelist and has written about the adventures of Mycroft Holmes, in addition to other works
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