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TIL, Ed Sheeran bought a ticket to LA with no contacts. He was spotted by Jamie Foxx, who offered him the use of his recording studio and a bed in his Hollywood home for six weeks.

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048L TIL that President Jimmy Carter accidentally sent his nuclear launch codes to the dry cleaners
78G9P TIL that the “myth of the clean Wehrmacht,” the notion that the regular German army wasn’t involved in Nazi war crimes, was promoted by US leadership to facilitate German rearmament amid Cold War tensions.
v1YP7 TIL a bidet is considered a key green technology and uses significantly less water, electricity, and wood than a single roll of toilet paper
kJnQd TIL wiener dogs (dauchschunds) were bred to scent, chase, and flush out badgers.
Bg49b TIL wild lions in west and central Africa are more closely related to Asiatic lions in India than to those found in southern and east Africa.