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TIL there is an underground vault containing every Lego set ever

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01E1 TIL in Australia meter maids exist who feed the meter rather then issuing a ticket
O1m7 TIL that Steven Spielberg waited 10 years after being given the story Schindler’s List to make the film, as he didn’t feel mature enough at the time.
16WGX TIL Canada has limits on the amount of coins considered to be legal tender for a purchase
b6y7j TIL Alfred Nobel (creator of dynamite) is thought to have created the prize after an unflattering obituary naming him the “Merchant of Death.”
MejeA TIL that in German there are two verbs for eating, one exclusively for humans and one for animals. In fact, you can use the animal verb to imply (impolitely) that someone eats like an animal.