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TIL that as a result of a 20-year-old online joke that the German city of Bielefield doesn’t actually exist, the city released a press statement titled ‘There Really is a Bielefeld!’. However as it was released on April 1st, this humorously only added to the conspiracy.

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N76xJ TIL that before the Nintendo GameCube was released, one of the codenames for it were “Dolphin”
wojO7 TIL it used to be mandatory by law for Indian cinemas to play the national anthem before showing a movie. However, in 2018, the Supreme Court of India decided it wasn't necessary.
9xdD TIL George Carlin did the voice of the narrator for Thomas the Tank Engine for 11 years
XEgmE TIL Aetheraed's epithet (The Unready) does not derive from the modern word , but rather from the Old English unræd meaning "poorly advised"; it is a pun on his name, which means "well advised".
xKYg TIL Michelangelo was once commissioned to build a snowman.