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TIL that Julia Louis-Dreyfus has never watched the Pilot Episode of Seinfeld due to her not being aware of its existence before she was cast as Elaine

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b4ba TIL that after the Treaty of Versailles, Marshal Ferdinand Foch said “This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years”. 20 years and 65 days later, WW2 broke out.
XEMAj TIL of a major league pitcher that was struck by lightning, knocked unconscious but then got up and finished the game
mxokp TIL An Indian village plants 111 trees every time a girl is born.
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