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TIL the height of the Eiffel Tower varies daily by 15cm based on the temperature

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awXWM TIL the Bridgestone tire company is named after its founder Shōjirō Ishibashi, whose surname means "stone bridge" in Japanese
Br7Jk TIL of the Westminster pedophile dossier. Compiled by MP Geoffrey Dickens in 1984, it provided evidence of a pedophile ring operating within the British government. It has been missing since 2013. Lead investigators assigned to discover the whereabouts of the dossier resigned after one year.
R5Ng6 TIL Canada has a special postal code for Santa Claus’s address
worJ TIL that 1200 suits of armor and over 10,000 arrows were produced for the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.
kj47 TIL that Joseph Bonaparte (Napoleon’s brother) lived in New Jersey after having been King of Spain, Sicily, and Naples. He lived off selling his jewelry and eventually moved back to Europe where he died and was buried near his brother.