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TIL in 1980, the Soviet Union refused to host the Paralympics claiming that none of their citizens suffered from disabilities.

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e0kDb TIL of Pierre Brassau, an artist of the “avant-garde modern art” style. He was a chimpanzee, promoted by a Swedish journalist, to see if critics could distinguish between the style and the work of a chimpanzee. Most critics praised the work.
rRnr4 TIL the last US Civil War widow died in 2008.
e06kL TIL one of the few reasons why the film industry is based in California because filmmakers wanted to get away from Thomas Edison, who owned nearly all film-making patents based in New Jersey. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which covered Los Angeles County, was known not to enforce patent claims.
WkWXo TIL the supermarket Lidl released a 21-track compilation album in 2019 featuring common noises found in their stores.
BrxlL TIL in 2006 a wine-tasting robot confirmed that human flesh tastes like pork (especially bacon)