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TIL that Stan Lee served in the military during World War II for three years after hearing about the attack in Pearl Harbor

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XEe8E TIL in Washington State, it is illegal to kill Bigfoot/Sasquatch... despite it being a fictional species.
OG7KL TIL the last movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture and also be the highest-grossing film of the year was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003.
DxZJ TIL that if a kangaroo is chased by an attacker, it will run into a body of water and hold the attacker under water. In 2009, a kangaroo almost drowned a dog after it was chased into a creek. The dogs owner was then attacked when he went to the dogs rescue, receiving a deep gash to his abdomen.
WkjkB TIL 'The Confederacy' only lasted 4 years, 1861-1865!
bElN TIL that worker productivity starts to decrease after working more than 50 hours a week, then decreases sharply after working more than 55 hours a week to the point that working 70 hours produces nothing more than those who work 15 hours less.