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TIL the munitions factory used by Oskar Schindler to save 1200 Jewish workers during WWII is set to be turned into a Holocaust Memorial and Exhibition.

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dD81E TIL In the Atacama Desert in Chile, there is a 11 meter (36 ft) tall hand sculpture, called Mano del Desierto. It was created by Mario Irarrázabal to represent the injustice within Chile in the past.
69eNX TIL it took 18 months for Microsoft to create the Windows Vista 4-second startup sound. The soundbite was picked from hours of audio recorded by King Crimson's guitarist Robert Fripp.
R5oxw TIL that in the 4th century BC a man named Herostratus burned down the Temple of Artemis one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World for clout.
GV4N TIL During a major Civil War battle, both armies briefly stopped fighting to watch a fist fight between two opposing soldiers who had both taken cover in the same place.
QJMXM TIL a man born premature with cerebral palsy, was unable to swallow on his own until the age of 1, is blind, was unable to speak or walk until the age of 16, began playing Tchaikovsky's Concerto No.1 on piano in the middle of the night at age 16. He now can play any song after hearing it only once.