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TIL the Senate of Rome outlasted the fall of the Empire and survived until the Middle Ages

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NabP TIL: In Germany (and other parts of Europe) there are brass plaques set in the sidewalks in front of the former homes of people who fell victim to German Nazism.
PYDvn TIL before lending his song In Your Eyes to the film Say Anything, Peter Gabriel asked to see the movie. He was sent a copy, and Gabriel approved the use of his song, but said he was uneasy about the main character’s overdose at the end; the studio had mistakenly sent him the film Wired instead.
ANK0l TIL Newsweek has not used fact-checkers since 1996.
d8Nm8 TIL a quarter of cowboys were black
8a7E4 TIL that cats aren’t actually “playing” with their prey. What they are actually doing, is tiring them out so that they can bite the preys nape (back of neck) without risk of being bitten or injured themselves.