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TIL that Arno Breker, Hitler's favorite sculptor, who was known for his bombastic style of representing the ideals of the Nazis, was offered a commission after the war by Stalin, but refused, saying "One dictatorship is sufficient for me." He continued to thrive until his death in 1991.

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8eGma TIL about the official script, a writing system that is specifically designated to be official in the constitutions or other applicable laws of countries, states, and other jurisdictions. Akin to an official language, an official script is much rarer
4Kbo TIL that Chernobyl is the Ukrainian word for wormwood. In the Book of Revelation the star Wormwood is connected to a event that is predicted to poison large numbers of people.Thus some people regard that prophecy has already come to pass.
x6lj5 TIL, The Japanese have been producing wood for 700 years without cutting down trees. In the 14th century, the extraordinary daisugi technique was born in Japan. Pruning as a rule of art that allows the tree to grow and germinate while using its wood, without ever cutting it down.
epOnk TIL that two successive attempts by the newly-formed FBI to catch Public Enemy #1 John Dillenger resulted in him and his gang getting away but their girlfriends being arrested, leading to mockery of the agency's bungling with the slogan, "We may not get our man, but we always get his woman."
odWA TIL when Sally Ride was preparing to launch as the first US woman in space in 1983, reporters asked questions like “Do you cry when things go wrong on the job?” and “Will the flight affect your reproductive organs?”