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TIL the 2nd M in MGM is for Louis B. Mayer. He allegedly molested 16 year old Judy Garland, Dorthy from original Wizard of OZ movie.

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yGOa TIL - That Iceland has no army and is also recognized as the worlds most peaceful country.
A5A7 TIL the Bell Rock, a reef in the North Sea, had been responsible for thousands of shipwrecks over the centuries, that is until 1807 when an engineer began the “impossible” construction of a lighthouse on the reef itself. Ever since its completion, the Bell Rock hadn’t claimed a single human life.
98Lp TIL from 1991 to 2000, 90% of the worlds LSD was produced by one man
e0w1E TIL Jimmy Carter said if he became president, he would release all government UFO information to the public. Once elected however, he decided not to due to "national security concerns"
D1DJv TIL that the national bird of Lebanon is the Pheonix