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TIL that the British Museum exhibits various items considered to be stolen from their original culture with ownership of many being disputed.

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wl07 TIL Marvel gave Robert Downey Jr. the 30-foot tall letter “A” last seen hanging on Stark tower in The Avengers as a gift. Downey displays it in prominently at his Venice office.
joEj TIL that US senators sought to ban ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ from theaters for “[making] the Senate look like a bunch of crooks”
vP0mD TIL about Dokos, the oldest known shipwreck ever discovered. Dated to ~2700-2200 BCE, it was found in the Aegean Sea, near the island of Dokos, Greece. It predates other famous ancient wrecks by thousands of years, providing crucial isights into early maritime trade and navigation.
DwDY TIL old people smell is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
By TIL that Saddam Hussein had a daughter named Hala of whom no photographs or records exist, and that her current whereabouts are unknown.