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TIL that the government of the Czech Republic has renamed the country “Czechia”

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l78B5 TIL that Nat Fein wasn’t supposed to work the day he took the first sports photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize
awlb9 TIL the operation of the largest fraud in US history was fairly simple. Bernie Madoff deposited all his investors' money into his Chase bank account and paid them off as necessary. At its height his account balance was over $5 billion. The scheme collapsed when he ran out of money.
D19we TIL The underwater wreckage of Titanic will disappear by 2030. It's being 'eaten away' by a microorganism "Halomonas titanicae". Also known as the "steel-munching bacteria', they have a special liking towards metals.
mKDM TIL Joseph Stalin and Frank Lloyd Wright shared a son-in-law.
MeL5K TIL if you publish a book in Norway, the government will buy thousands copies (1,550 if a children's book) and distribute them to top libraries throughout the country.