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TIL a Muslim woman has dedicated her life to watching over the Jewish museum in Morocco

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e05jb TIL that Joseph Heller's manuscript for "Catch-22" was rejected by publishers 22 times
Yp1eZ TIL Keanu took a $2 million pay cut for The Devil’s Advocate, so the studio would be able to afford to hire Al Pacino as the lead.
Z8AKa TIL The house of Gavrilo Princip, assassin of Franz Ferdinand, was destroyed in WW1. It was then rebuilt as a museum and was then destroyed during WW2. Afterwards it was rebuilt, only to be destroyed in the Yugoslav Wars. It was again rebuilt in 2015.
5VMY9 TIL of Point Nemo- the place in the ocean that is farthest from land, located in the South Pacific Ocean. If you were to fall overboard, the closest human beings to you would be astronauts aboard the International Space Station when it passes overhead
xvE5 TIL in WWII Japan used underwater manned suicide torpedos called Kaiten to destroy American ships. If they were successful, they blew up. If they missed, they sank to the bottom of the ocean.