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TIL Gandhi never actually received a Nobel Peace Prize, even after several nominations.

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poyb TIL that Mr. Potato Head kits came without a body from 1952 until 1964, expecting you to provide your own potatoes.
e0L1D TIL the Endurance Expedition crew was shipwrecked and stranded in the Antarctic in 1914 for two years, and miraculously the entire crew survived.
Epe0 TIL a comedian accidently became a politician in Denmark when his joke political party managed to get a seat in parliament.
16Ojr TIL about herma, a sculpture with a head and a torso above a plain lower section, on which male genitals were carved at the appropriate height. In ancient Greece the statues were thought to ward off harm or evil. They would be rubbed or anointed with olive oil and adorned with garlands or wreaths
VBRvm TIL in 1977 a famous Italian Footballer attempted to prank a friend, who owned a jewelry shop, by pretending to be a robber, he was shot dead on the spot.