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TIL that Florence Lawrence is considered to be the first movie star, becoming nationally recognized before actors were ever credited in film

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Eg6Yp TIL that Phillipines is the only country in the world where getting a divorce is illegal
vNjL TIL “Killing Season” is a British medical term for the time in August when newly qualified doctors join the National Health Service. Patients admitted as an emergency during “killing season” are six per cent more likely to die.
16ay4 TIL the character Bugs Bunny was based on a Clark Gable scene in the movie It Happened One Night
DQGRJ TIL that from 1997 to 2000, the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays once had a minor league affiliate who played in the same city as their MLB club -- the St. Petersburg Devil Rays of the Florida State League.
QNMRE TIL about Rip. A ww2 search and rescue dog who was awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery in 1945. He was found in Poplar, London, in 1940 by an Air Raid warden, and became the service's first search and rescue dog. He is credited with saving the lives of over 100 people.