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TIL humans are the cause of an ongoing mass extinction event known as the Holocene Extinction

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LonZ TIL after Steven Spielberg found out nobody would let them film The Terminal in their airport, he had a depiction of the inside of the Düsseldorf International Airport built from the ground up inside a US Air Force hangar.
rRnb4 TIL when Denmark was under German Occupation during WW2, Adolf Hitler sent a letter to the King Christian X congratulating him on his 72nd birthday. When Christian wrote back thanking him. Hitler thought his response wasn't personal enough so he had the entire Danish government replaced.
a86OM TIL that five structure that were either directly inspired by or modelled after the London, Crystal Palace were also destroyed by fire.
KOPpE TIL of the forgotten Winchester 1873, which was found in the Great Basin national park in 2014. No one has been able to trace it back to an owner and there is no clear reason why it was abandoned. It remained undiscovered for over 130 years.
W7Ggo TIL absinthe, a spirit made with wormwood, has been banned across Europe in the early 20th century because of association with mental illness