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TIL Gino Bartali not only won the Tour de France twice, but also saved 800 Jewish lives during WW2 by smuggling counterfeit identity papers in his bike’s handlebars.

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GY005 TIL Lee Marvin was not only devilishly handsome and a badass in the movies but also in real life. Marvin joined the illustrious US Marine Corps at age 18 and fought in WW2 at the battle of Saipan, being hit by machine gun fire and a snipers bullet as well.
0a0v TIL Will Ferrell turned down $29 million to do a sequel to Elf. ‘It wasn’t difficult at all,’ he said. 'I remember asking myself: could I withstand the criticism when it’s bad and they say, “He did the sequel for the money”?
y8QM TIL the Twinkies Woody Harrelson eats in the movie Zombieland were fake, because Harrelson is a vegan
p8QyN TIL Hyenas give birth through their clitoris.
Raj TIL Starship Troopers is the only science fiction novel recommended by three of the five branches of the US military.