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TIL the prime minister of Poland is named Donald Tusk

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Wk7Rd TIL the skeletal remains of the Auschwitz doctor who performed twin experiments, Josef Mengele, are used as educational aids for a forensics program at the University of São Paulo.
EgxAw TIL cats are attracted to most plants in the "Mint" family, not just Catnip! This includes Menthol found in many rubs and ointments (but it can be poisonous).
ZpgVQ TIL while filming The Prisoner of Azkaban, Alan Rickman and Alfonso Cuarón played a practical joke on Daniel Radcliffe. They placed a fart machine in his sleeping bag, positioned him next to a girl he was interested in, and set the farts off during a take that had taken a long time to get.
ddPZ TIL when Abraham Lincoln’s brother-in-law Confederate General Benjamin Helm was killed in battle in 1863, Lincoln and his wife went into private mourning at the White House to avoid criticism. The widowed Emilie Todd Helm was granted safe passage to the White House.
XXKE TIL A man who survived the sinking of a ship in 1871 was finally able to overcome his fears and decided to sail again in 1911: he died in the sinking of the Titanic.