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TIL about a fancy apartment in Paris that was abandoned in 1942. It became a time capsule that remained untouched until 2010.

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xve7 TIL that 20,000 bibles were once donated from the US to Romania. The Romanian government pulped most of them and turned them into toilet paper.
167Qr TIL James Cameron's first big break was as a production designer on Roger Corman's Battle Beyond the Stars (1980). Because of the tight budget Cameron used materials like McDonald's containers for sets and spent weeks with little sleep. His special effects were the best received part of the film.
4X6lR TIL that President Ronald Reagan's first official White House doctor called his job "vastly overrated, boring and not medically challenging." He could not attend most state dinners due to lack of space but had to be ready for emergencies, usually waiting alone in his office wearing a tuxedo.
VMAyZ TIL that shortly after assuming power, Hitler used the burning of the German Parliment, the Reichstag building, to declare a national emergency crisis, consolidate power, and begin taking away civil liberties.
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