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TIL King Zog of Albania survived 55 assasination attempts

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yV8a8 TIL Winnipeg's early skyscrapers are National Historic Sites of Canada. Between 1900 and 1916 twelve skyscrapers were built, inspired by aesthetic trends and technology from Chicago
m1E5P TIL that Austrian police once locked a suspect in a basement interrogation room and forgot him there, accidentally making him the reigning world record holder for "longest survival without either food or water" (18 days).
6EME7 TIL Ireland is the only Western European democracy to have signed a condolence book and visit the German ambassador following Hitler's death in 1945
pYKLG TIL A Canadian band in the '60s issued their new single with the credit "By: Guess Who?" in the hopes of tricking radio stations into thinking it was The Who. When the song took off, they were forced to change their name to The Guess Who
XElyE TIL outside the states of Indiana, California and Washington State, it is perfectly legal to bury grandma in the back yard. While some restrictions apply, such as distance from water or depth of the grave, the other 47 states allow you to bury the dead on your own private property if you wish.