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TIL that there is only one cast member alive from the original Wizard of Oz movie, his name is Jerry Maren and he was one of the 3 lollipop guild munchkins

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rNbXy TIL that the National Railway Company of Luxembourg has two stations located in France - Audun-le-Tiche & Volmerange-les-Mines. The two stations are only connected to the Luxembourg rail network and have no direct connection to the French rail network.
E1EW0 TIL about a group of 15 people who are living full-time deep inside Chernobyl's 30KM "exclusion zone". These people either refused to leave or went back to their homes after the 1986 disaster.
wWo TIL that a bunch of 10 yo kids in an Indian slum learned English and bioengineering (in English) on their own from a computer embedded in a wall by a researcher
0wK8N TIL sperm whales got their name from late 18th century commercial whalers who discovered the enormous white fluid-filled organ in the whale's head and misinterpret it for sperm fluid. This organ which is now called the spermaceti organ is actually used as a powerful echolocation equipment.
ANbd TIL that the march ‘Here Comes the Bride’ is from an opera where the marriage is almost an immediate failure, and the piece is sung just before several wedding guests are murdered