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TIL, in 2018 the Sagrada Familia Church agreed to pay Barcelona $41M as fine for lacking a building permit for 136 Years

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VMR7G TIL that in 1921 private police in the US dropped bombs and tear gas on a coal miners camp when they went on strike for better working conditions
VBWy4 TIL that, despite having been dead for a year, a cat was successfully registered as a certified member of the American Association of Nutritional Consultants by her owner, seeking to showcase the complete lack of any verification for membership aside from payment.
gMA5b TIL: Hitler and the Nazis were big on environmentalism. The Nazis were the first European nation to establish nature reserves and order the protection of wildlife and passed numerous animal rights law. At times the soldiers were order to plant trees on the battlefield.
ANrPx TIL Gino Bartali was a multiple pre WW2 Grand Tour winner and almost gave up cycling after his brother died whilst racing. During the war he used his fame and prestige to aid Jewish families elude capture. The BBC attributes him as saying "Some medals are made to hang on the soul, not the jacket."
neZ8b TIL: Before the year 2000 problem, caused by storing only 2 digits for the year, there was the year 1970 problem because only one digit was stored for years from 1960 to 1969