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TIL that Stalin jailed the very person who helped him confirm Hitler's Death.

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gr1n4 TIL white rice is just brown rice with its outer layer milled off.
7RQO TIL trying to quit a play, Jeremy Piven was allowed leave after ‘dangerously high levels of mercury’ were found in his body. Annoyed, David Mamet said to reporters that Piven was “leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer.”
NXEAM TIL The song "My Mammy" famously sung by Al Jolson in the first talkie film "The Jazz Singer"in 1927, was first sung in 1918 as a vaudeville act by William Frawley, who later became a star in the TV show "I Love Lucy".
l7Qk5 Today I learned about CPVT, a heart disorder that put you at risk of arrhythmia and sudden death if you exercise, are stressed, feeling too emotional, or simply being excited.
Mn7b TIL in Paris in 1778 lightning rods were the height of fashion, being included in hats, umbrellas and the like.