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TIL a 61 y/o man fist fought a bear and won

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D1y1V TIL from 1917 to 1918 British Intelligence paid an Italian journalist the modern equivalent of £6,000 (US$ 8,290) per week to keep up the pro-war campaigning. The cash got him a start in politics, and was also allegedly lavished on his many mistresses. The journalist was 34-year-old Benito Mussolini
O5xY TIL March 6 is the official “Day of the Dude”, in the belief system of “Dudeism”
VB1pB TIL that there is a rare medical condition called Foreign Accent Syndrome, where a person's accent changes as a result of brain damage or injury. This condition has affected people all over the world, causing them to suddenly speak with a different accent than they've never had before.
78wDO TIL that one of the early roles in Jodie Foster's extensive career was the voice of Pugsley Addams in a Scooby-Doo episode.
oweE TIL there was an illegal crematorium disguised as a ceramics plant. It was discovered when a man calling in to complain about the smell said,“Don’t tell me they’re not burning bodies. I was at the ovens at Auschwitz.”