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TIL there are 30 million accounts on Facebook of people who have already died

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gYJX TIL that Eliahu Itzkovitz’s family was murdered in the Holocaust by a guard named Stănescu. When he learned that Stănescu was serving in the French Foreign Legion, Itzkovitz deserted from the Israeli Navy, joined the Legion, became Stănescu’s trusted subordinate, and gunned him down
kONE7 TIL In early days of penicillin, it was so expensive it was extracted from patients urine and reused on other patients.
mxpoP TIL One of the founders of Starbucks returned a priceless collection of Chinese coins owned by his grandfather and donated it to the Shanghai Mint Museum in 2010. Its earliest piece is a coin mold dating back to 200 B.C., during the reign of Qin Shihuang
WEod TIL Matt Groening’s Mother’s maiden name was Wiggum.
R5LOQ TIL that there was a prequel comic series to the film Wall-E. It ran for 8 issues from 2009-2010 but was discontinued.