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TIL, the Roman ruins where Caesar was murdered are now a large cat sanctuary

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PGBE TIL in New Jersey and Oregon you cannot pump your own gas because it must be done by a gas station attendant
neXK7 TIL in 1943, Stanisława Leszczyńska, a Polish Catholic and professional midwife, was arrested by the Gestapo for aiding Jews. Sent to Auschwitz, she was assigned to work at the camp’s “maternity ward” and spent the remainder of the war delivering three thousand babies in unthinkable conditions
xV17D TIL J.K. Rowling was the youngest self-made female billionaire
KYbvB TIL That Rosa Parks sued Outkast in 1999 for defamation
pYWrQ TIL that the song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is about a baseball-obsessed girl. The part sung at baseball games is only the chorus, where she tells her boyfriend where she wants to go on a date.