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TIL: Hitler had a problem with uncontrollable flatulance

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vKYB TIL that in some countries, and a small handful of US states, ‘None of the Above’ is a legitimate vote, and can result in new elections with new candidates.
VMR1k TIL that a Nickelodeon was a type of early movie theater that charged 5 cents (a nickel) for admission, and was the precursor to modern cinema.
4XEkg TIL of "The Immortal Game", a casual match between chess grand masters in the interim of the first international chess tournament. Despite not being an official match, it is considered one of the most famous matches of all time.
ADN7o TIL In 1986, London's bakers apologised for the Great Fire of London, 320 years after it happened.
Jpdl TIL the reason DC’s Metro trains are fake on some TV shows is because the transit authority won’t grant a filming permit if the scene shows something that isn’t actually allowed in the Metro system (criminal activity, panhandling, even running on the platform).