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TIL Canadian soldier Léo Major single-handedly captured 93 German soldiers during World War II

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8awya TIL the actor originally cast as Charlie in Charlie's Angels was drunk and couldn't record his lines. The show's creator called John Forsythe last minute, he recorded the lines for the first episode in the middle of the night, then went back to bed. He kept that role for 5 years.
mxM TIL studies have shown that the achievement gap between blacks and whites on many standardized tests disappears when the subjects are told that the tests do not measure intelligence or IQ.
gMwbW TIL: Templars were rounded up and killed on Friday the 13th.
b9Ap4 TIL part of Washington, DC was returned to Virginia in 1846 in a process called "retrocession," but the sections donated by Maryland have resisted the idea of being reunited with Maryland.
P1KeZ TIL Debra Houston set the record for world's oldest soap box derby racer at 59 when she competed at the Soap Box Derby National Championships. At first she just wanted to sign up her grandkids to a racing league to get them out of the house but was urged to race due to her small height and weight.