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TIL In WW1 German saboteurs blew up munitions stored near NYC before the US entered the war. The ensuing blast damaged the Statue of Liberty.

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P1ODZ TIL that there's a village in the Netherlands called Poortugaal. It's home to a couple thousand people.
MeWMa TIL in 2013 a Nike ad featuring Oscar Pistorius and the slogan "I am the bullet in the chamber" was pulled from Pistorius' site after he was charged with murder for fatally shooting his girlfriend.
wLvR8 TIL "area codes" for telephone numbers were originally called "STD codes"
WkYQA TIL Zildjian (cymbal company) is almost 400 years old
DxVV TIL Joan Alexander, the original radio voice of Lois Lane, was fired, then showed up in disguise at the audition for her replacement. She got the part.