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TIL that a school in Poland is named after an Indian Maharaja, in honour of him providing shelter and free education to hundreds of Polish women and children after they had to escape Poland due to the World War 2.

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4RRb TIL during the Cuban missile crisis a Soviet Submarine came under attack from depth charges, the captain assumed WW3 had started and prepared to launch a nuclear weapon, his executive officer overruled him. It turned out the depth charges were training rounds being used to signal them to surface.
v1RbB TIL that Apelles, an ancient Greek painter, was considered by many, including Pliny, to be the greatest artist in the world. Pliny recorded that Alexander the Great so admired Apelles's work that he gave his concubine to him. Today, none of Apelles's original works have survived.
MaDA TIL There is a man drought in Australia. 100,000 fewer men than women.
EBl0 TIL that there are a lot of political graffiti in Pompeii that shows that political campaigns never really changed, such as “Vote X, he brings good bread”, “the thieves vote for Y” and “vote Z, this will save the public purse”
vPjdK TIL that the phrase "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" was only created in 2003 and was for an advertising campaign