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TIL in 2005, three lions rescued a girl of 12 kidnapped by men who wanted to force her into marriage, chasing off her abductors and protecting her until she was rescued by Ethiopian police.

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eplj6 TIL that Slovakia also invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, the same day as Nazi Germany.
KYMX9 TIL The United Kingdom, at the request of the United States, began expelling the native inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago in 1968
Nr01 TIL Bill Nye The Science Guy Has a Plan to Launch Laser Bees into Space to Defend Earth Against Asteroids
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dDE1d TIL on Feb 5, 1919, Hollywood heavyweights Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith joined forces to create their own film studio, the United Artists Corporation.