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TIL The Ringer includes about 150 disabled athletes and actors — the largest population of intellectual disabled people ever portrayed in a movie

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R75v9 TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien first saw combat in the second week of the Battle of the Somme. One of his closest friends, Robert Gilson, had been killed on the first day.
16588 TIL that in 1995 BMW released 120 limited edition M3's called the "Lightweight". (Of which Paul Walker owned 5) These cars shipped with extra performance parts strictly for "competition use only" with a letter stating that installing the provided parts would void your whole warranty on the car.
X0MxE TIL The biologist that made the term "Alpha Wolf" popular has since corrected his stance. Stating that most wolves who lead packs achieved their position by simply mating and creating their own pack.
D1Vbr TIL Saudi Arabia's special needs football team won the World Cup four times in a row
JOPV TIL in the 1930s a Major General of the US Marine Corps, and two-time Medal of Honor recipient wrote a book titled “War is a Racket” arguing that the US govt. and military resources were primarily used to further the interests of big Corporations profiteering from wars.