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TIL That if you were a head of household who was living in Texas on March 2nd, 1836, you got given, for free, 4,605 acres of land. Some restrictions apply.

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NXBOb TIL Hitler's mistress, Eva Braun, showed no interest in politics, except in one notable episode. Learning that women's cosmetics and luxuries were to be banned owing to Germany's total war, she came to Hitler in 'high indignation,' leading to a halt in production without an outright ban.
MeED8 TIL that a research team figured out how to produce a fossil in as little as five days
neY0b TIL: Albert Einstein was Charlie Chaplin's special guest at the 1931 premiere of Chaplin's movie, City Lights. The two became friends, and Chaplin would go on to remember Einstein fondly in his autobiography.
KYwQB TIL that Joe Pesci and Jimi Hendrix played guitar in the same band: Joey Dee and the Starliters
eQGk TIL a man was so pissed that his girlfriend dumped him that he bought a $600 car, registered it in her name, and parked it at O'Hare airport and left it there until it had more than $10,000 in parking fees.