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TIL that Nazi monuments were built of special materials so they would make aesthetically pleasing ruins

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gRg8 TIL that a game show has tested the idea of fairness across cultures. In the US, the audience helps contestants. In Russia, they purposefully give the wrong answer. In France, they give the wrong answer if they feel the contestant isn’t smart enough to deserve to win the money
x5B1 TIL that a Norwegian boy escaped from wolves by playing a heavy metal song by Megadeth on his cell phone.
WkXmN TIL Häagen-Dazs was created in the 1960s by an American couple living in the Bronx. They used a Danish-sounding name because it conveyed an "aura of the old-world traditions and craftsmanship" and added an umlaut even though that punctuation doesn't exist in the Danish language to make it stand out.
b66PZ TIL that the world’s longest golf course is in the scrubland of Australia, it’s 848 miles long and has many unique hazards
KYj54 TIL Nicolas Cage is the nephew of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and his real name is Nicolas Kim Coppola. To avoid accusations of nepotism, Nicolas chose the last name “Cage” due to being a fan of both the Marvel superhero Luke Cage and composer John Cage.