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TIL The Vatican is no longer exempt from all property taxes in Italy.

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GVj7 TIL that General Eisenhower ordered every citizen Gotha, Germany to tour the concentration camp Ohrdruf. After the mayor of the town and his wife did so, they went home and hanged themselves (#80)
R55r9 TIL Osama bin Laden's mother-in-law collapsed and died of shock on news of his death
1WOd TIL A man is selling the recipe for Coca Cola. Bidding starts at $5,000,000.00
x61m5 TIL Chinese checkers was invented in Germany in 1892 and called 'Chinese' as part of a marketing scheme
0d1b1 TIL that England's High Court of Chivalry hasn't sat since 1954, and that was the first time since 1737. Before it heard the case in 1954, the Court had to rule whether or not it still existed.