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TIL The actor in the famous "Crying Indian" TV ads was....Sicilian. At least they were recycling people into new ethnicities....

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dDaGK TIL fax machines were first used in the 1800s
wLXWP TIL there is an NGO in Bangladesh who sells 10,000 meals daily at only 1 Taka (0.012 USD) per meal instead of giving it for free, so people don't feel like they are begging
Bkbx TIL that Charles Ramsay, who stopped eating his Big Mac to save the three women kidnapped in Cleveland, was awarded the elusive McGold card which gives you free McDonalds for life
vP0mD TIL about Dokos, the oldest known shipwreck ever discovered. Dated to ~2700-2200 BCE, it was found in the Aegean Sea, near the island of Dokos, Greece. It predates other famous ancient wrecks by thousands of years, providing crucial isights into early maritime trade and navigation.
Eg0kX TIL: in 1974 there was a Four-Year War between two communities of chimpanzees called the Gombe Chimpanzee War