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TIL that there is a park in Moscow containing toppled statues from across Russia

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R7nrj TIL that the Canadian flag was created because Egypt rejected Canada as a peacekeeping country.
18G8 TIL To increase awareness about a lack of organ donors, a Dutch reality TV show had contestants in need of a kidney compete for a donation. It was revealed as a hoax, but within a month, 7,300 new people were registered as organ donors and 50,000 had requested paperwork to become a donor.
kgXd TIL Bruce Dern is one of the few actors to have killed John Wayne on screen (The Cowboys.) He received some death threats from loyal fans, soon after.
0wMML TIL that Dred Scott and William Tecumseh Sherman are buried in the same cemetery located in St. Louis, Missouri.
PYejL TIL A British MP tried to fake his own death, and was only discovered in Australia after being mistaken for another famous missing person. He was later found to be a Czech spy and died from a heart attack he suffered on live TV.