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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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rRrmM TIL Félicien Kabuga, who evaded arrest for 26 years, is thought to be responsible for supplying militias with 500,000 machetes which slaughtered 800,000 people in the Rwandan genocide.
W70dX TIL that the Mormon (LDS) church is the largest landowner in the states of Florida and Illinois.
6EPZQ TIL penguins are not heavy enough to set off landmines. Because of this there is a huge nature preserve on the Falkland islands, with 1 million penguins and 5 types of penguins.
n5Gd TIL that the manager of Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry once stated “they’ll put a man on the moon before he hits a home run.” Just a mere hour after the Apollo 11 moon landing, Perry hits his career’s first and only home run.
b9oop TIL that not all torpedoes are designed to pierce hulls then explode, some detonate below the target ship without making contact. This creates a gas bubble that causes the ship to be thrust out of the water then dropped back into the resulting void, often breaking the vessel in half and sinking it.