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TIL the Nazi Headquarters “The Brown House” from 1930 on was across the street from an apostolic nunciature (a top level diplomatic mission of the Holy See / Pope / Vatican)

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OlyX TIL that Jim Henson created ‘The Dark Crystal’ with the idea that it was unhealthy for children never to be afraid, and wanted to return to the fantasy genre’s darker roots as in Hans Christian Andersen’s tales.
rWje TIL that 2000 residents in Ramsar, Iran, receive an average of 10x the safe background radiation dose without any increase in cancer rates: several times more radiation than found in Pripyat, the ghost town near the Chernobyl power plant.
DQOOV TIL that scorpions can hold their breath for up to six days underwater, while dolphins can hold their breath for up to 15 minutes:
R7wb1 TIL Despite not being neighboring countries, Slovak and Slovenian are often confused for each other. Many political leaders have referred to leaders as being from the other country than they are from, and their national anthem and flags sometimes get confused for the wrong country.
wLPD8 TIL that Pope John Paul II nominated Saint Isidore of Seville, a Bishop and Scholar, as the patron saint of the internet because he tried to record everything that was known in his 20 book opus Etymologies/Origins.