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TIL that every home in Switzerland must legally contain a shelter, as part of an aim to accommodate the entire population in the event of nuclear attack.

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Wgx9 TIL that in Japanese, ruiji means similar. So Luigi is just similar Mario.
dDKaK TIL that Napoleon married his second wife by proxy and met her for the first time two weeks later. Upon meeting she remarked "you are much better-looking than your portrait."
Lk0WP TIL that the street in front of the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest was named in honor of Liviu Librescu, Romanian–American scientist and engineer. A prominent academic in addition to being a survivor of the Holocaust, he is renown for his heroism during the 2007 Virginia Tech Shooting.
DQOZg TIL Sir Ridley Scott was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 for his contributions to British cinema and, in 2024, was appointed a Knight Grand Cross by King Charles III, the highest rank of knighthood.
g8YX TIL that Procrastination can be connected to Perfectionism and can, in that case, be effectively defeated at the root of the problem.