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TIL There’s a full-scale replica of the statue of liberty in pieces around NYC

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Wprd TIL a princess of Thailand married an American man she met in MIT. She relinquished her royal titles to do so, and they had 3 children together.
JYegv TIL Because Stevie Nicks is only 5 feet 1 inch, she said she felt "a little ridiculous" standing next to Mick Fleetwood, who is 6 feet 6 inches. For this reason, she regularly wore 6-inch platform boots.
R57Oj TIL that during the East German coffee crisis in the 1970s, care packages from the West ended up providing an estimated 25% of all coffee in East Germany. Demand for the fruit bread which was the traditional return gift was so high a minister proposed a ban on gifting it.
ojKY TIL that although Porsche is owned by Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen Group is owned by Porsche Holdings.
NeRe TIL that 550,000 female fetuses a year are selectively aborted in India in a practice referred to as Female Foeticide.