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TIL there is an unofficial ban Richard Wagner’s operas in Israel, due to its connection to Adolf Hitler and Wagner’s own anti-Semitic writings.

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awLGN TIL Up until the early 1900s, German used to be the dominant language of international science. "The story of the 20th Century is not so much the rise of English as the serial collapse of German as the up-and-coming language of scientific communication".
kOgYB TIL that a gorge is basically a smaller version of a canyon. The gorge takes its name from the French word for throat or neck.
OGDOL TIL Mr. T chose his professional name to stop people from disrespecting him and his family members who had served in Vietnam by calling them "boy." He wanted everyone to address him as "Mister" to show proper respect.
9wO86 TIL that Oppenheimer wrote out a will that left his estate to the University of California to be used for graduate scholarships.
P11dn TIL A modest Georgian townhouse near Trafalgar Square is the only remaining building in the world where Benjamin Franklin resided. He lived there for 16 years from 1757 to 1773.