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TIL there is a Buddhist temple in Thailand constructed of an estimated 1.5 million beer bottles

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Kv9B TIL out of the 10,000 members of the Communist Party USA in 1957, 1,500 were FBI informants
l71DN TIL: the martial art of Karate wasn’t part of the Olympic Games until it’s debut in 2021.
WKXX TIL in July 2016, Maurice Micklewhite offically changed his name to his stage name Michael Caine. An airport security guard would say, ‘Hi, Michael Caine,’ and suddenly I’d give him a passport with a different name on it. I could stand there for an hour. So I changed my name.”
LQma9 TIL Until 1958 Popes were embalmed by having all their organs removed. Pious XII was against this so a novel method was used: it went so bad that his body started rapidly decaying while still in public view and the ceremony was canceled after the chemical reactions made the swiss guards fall ill
ne4oW TIL, Till Lindemann the lead singer of Rammstein was shortlisted to go to 1980 Olympics in Moscow for freestyle swimming.