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TIL that a homeless man (The Bushman) has become famous for scaring tourists along Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco since 1980.

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LkBVV TIL that 2 current countries share the same national anthem as the U.K. (Liechtenstein and Norway which has it as the royal anthem), and many countries had it as their anthem before the U.K. did
W74WY TIL about General Butt Naked. A former child soldier and Liberian warlord who killed thousands, sacrificed many children and performed a lot of cannibalism. He is now an evangelical preacher and helps street children
OGQKa TIL Forest Whitaker has an identical twin brother who also happens to an actor!
9YQrB TIL despite a heart condition and arthritis that forced him to use a cane, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. led the assault on Utah Beach, becoming the only general to land with the first wave of D-Day. When his craft drifted a mile off target, he told his men, "We’ll start the war from right here!"
nAD7 TIL in 1995, McDonald’s asked Greenpeace activists to stop criticizing their company publicly and instead do it only in private with their friends. Activists said they’d agree if McDonald’s stopped advertising its products and instead only recommended their restaurants privately to friends.