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TIL: Sean Connery was forced to wear a toupee during each of the Bond movies because he had started balding at the age of 21.

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78MZL TIL that only 15-20% soldiers fired their weapons during WWII. Those who would not fire did not run or hide—in many cases they were willing to risk greater danger to rescue comrades, get ammunition, or run messages.
mGgM TIL that cemeteries cause pollution of groundwater due to the decay of corpses
X0AQR TIL: Baseballs used in MLB have been rubbed with a special mud from a secret river in New Jersey for over 75 years to comply with a rule that all baseballs must be "properly rubbed so that the gloss is removed".
YpdWd TIL of the National Defence Corps Incident. When a South Korean force of 406,000 suffered 300,000 casualties from starvation, disease and mass desertion due to High ranking officers embezzling funds earmarked for the purchase of food supplies.
KLJ TIL the Coriolis Effect can be visualized on a merry-go-round aka roundabout, by throwing a ball to a fellow rider directly across from you. To him it will appear to curve opposite of the way you are spinning, although to a viewer not on the merry-go-round it appears to fly straight.