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TIL that Tupac lost a testicle in a 1994 shooting.

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GAm65 TIL about Ernst Reuter who was captured by Russians in WWI, joined the Revolution and became chairman of an autonomous German Soviet Republic, returned to Germany & politics, got sent to a concentration camp and exiled to Turkey, and then returned to be mayor of West Berlin during the Berlin Airdrop
rRlO0 TIL that, since the Great Potato Famine in 1845 Ireland, the population STILL hasn't recovered
OoylL TIL that the popularity of salt and pepper as near universal table condiments was due to Louis XIV who considered most other forms of seasoning a vulgar act. Today, over 27,000 tons of black pepper is consumed by US alone.
51rQ TIL there’s an exclusive restaurant in Italy that accommodates only 2 people.
E1KBw TIL that the Fallout series is considered a spiritual successor to a 1988 game Interplay made called Wasteland.