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TIL the main key to the Bastille is kept in George Washington’s home, Mount Vernon. It was given to him by the Marquis de Lafayette in 1790, who wrote “It is a tribute which I owe as a son to my adoptive father, as an aide-de-camp to my general, as a missionary of liberty to its patriarch.”

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VMPRD TIL to film the scenes of the audience watching the "Ass Movie" in Idiocracy (2006), a theater was rented and extras were paid to watch a buttocks on the screen, which garnered genuine laughter--making Mike Judge consider his own film a waste of time.
oRxB8 TIL that the earliest form of sushi, known as narezushi, was made by fermenting fish with rice and salt for preservation. It wasn't until the 19th century that the sushi we know today, such as nigiri sushi, was invented by a Tokyo-based chef named Hanaya Yohei.
lo60G TIL that before the Battle of Pratapgarh, Shivaji met with the enemy general Khan; prepared for treachery. He wore an armour under his clothes which saved him from being stabbed during a hug, to which he retaliated by disembowelling the general with Wolverine-style claws. The battle was won.
Wk019 TIL that in 2014, astronomers discovered an Unusual Supernova that has been continually exploding since the 1950's. No theory exists that explains why this supernova eruption has lasted hundreds of times longer than typical supernovae eruptions, which usually last about 100 days.
QJeZe TIL of Michael Patterson, a man who jumped into a creek to save a drowning four-year-old girl. He ended up severing his spinal cord during the rescue and paralyzing both of his legs and one of his arms. He also suffered other injuries. He later died in hospital.