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TIL Ip Man was Bruce Lee's Teacher.

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Y5eB TIL that the idea of every fingerprint being completely unique is false, as there’s evidence of fingerprints so similar they were able to misguide sensors.
e0EN6 TIL Two headed dolphins are rare, but real.
GYZgG TIL that James Bond originally used a Beretta 418 until a fan of the novels (and small arms expert) wrote to Ian Flemming criticizing it as "a woman's gun". When Flemming had Bond switch to his iconic Walther PPK in Dr. No, he wrote the fan into the scene as MI6's armorer
w7kM TIL The Hammer of Thor is one of the official religious emblems available for headstones in U.S. military cemeteries.
kJwNe TIL Hong Kong was attacked by Japan the same day as their attack on Pearl Harbor.