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TIL that the municipal government of Paris passed a resolution to prohibit Tom Cruise from becoming an honorary citizen of the city.

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OoJk6 TIL that Ted Kaczynski (the Unabomber), Ramzi Yousef (the 1993 World Trade Center bomber), and Timothy McVeigh (the Oklahoma City bomber), all became friends in prison, and regularly discussed religion and politics until McVeigh's execution.
wLroE TIL Schlitz was the first beermaker in the world to use a brown bottle. In 1902, Schlitz surpassed Pabst as the best selling American beer.
O8M4 TIL if you are an American who finds bird shit on an island not under another countries’ jurisdiction, you may claim that island for America.
XEprR TIL Burt Ward (Robin from the 1960's Batman TV show) owns a dog food company called Gentle Giants and also runs a rescue centre that has saved over 15,500 dogs to date.
XVOr TIL that Penn Jillette paints one fingernail red in memory of his mother. She told him to get a manicure because people would be looking at his hands, so he painted his left fingernail red as a joke. He now always has it painted red in memory of her.