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TIL that almost all of the stadiums used in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 are huge concrete wastelands at the moment

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P1koG TIL Empress Elisabeth of Austria was assassinated by an anarchist who intended to kill any random royal he could find, no matter who they were. She was traveling under a fake name without security because she hated processions, but the killer knew her whereabouts because a local paper leaked it
PYZnw TIL that venomous snakes can still bite after its head has been severed.
RA04 TIL that Adolf Hitler scribbled a prototype for a car in 1932, sitting at a restaurant table in Munich, which would later go on to become the immensely successful design for a car we now know as the Volkswagen Beetle.
5JOP TIL that Fox News is financially controlled by a Saudi Royal and an Australian
LQ76r TIL that the largest fish ever caught with a rod and reel was a 3,427-pound great white shark caught by Frank Mundus in 1986. Mundus, a famous charter boat captain and fisherman, was the inspiration for the Jaws character Quint.