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R5kY6 TIL That the late character actor Charles Durning, who was a WWII veteran, was not only the sole survivor of a unit during the Normandy invasion but was one of only three men to escape the infamous Malmedy Massacre during the Battle of the Bulge.
kObQW TIL film critic Roger Ebert started his journalism career as a kid with a stamp collecting newsletter called "Ebert's Stamp News". He was able to get 6 subscribes, and actually mailed the newsletter to them.
7A8r TIL Stan Musial and his high school basketball teammates threatened to forfeit a basketball tournament because their hotel’s restaurant wouldn’t seat their two African-American teammates with the rest of the team. One of those players was Buddy Griffey, Ken’s father and Jr’s Grandpa