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TIL Scooby Doo’s real name is “Scoobert Doo”.

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GAGG TIL that 16 years after the Choctaw people had experienced the Trail of Tears, they collected a sum of money to send to starving Irish Farmers during the Potato Famine.
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0kON TIL Christopher Lee (Saruman, Count Dooku) Volunteered to serve in the Winter War, Served in WII in RAF, is knighted, holds world record for most movies (275) and sang on a heavy metal album at the age of 90.
OGkDR TIL that All Quiet on the Western Front had a sequel. Although the first book's protagonist dies at the end, the Road Back focuses on the return of his demoralized comrades to a ruined German society.
dEY8 TIL beer was illegal in Iceland from 1935-1989 while all stronger drinks were legal.