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TIL Where's Waldo is really Wally

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v1Xyr TIL That Stephen Hawking once threw a party for Time Travelers, but only sent out the invitation after the party was over.
4X1rg TIL Admiral Ackbar was voted by students to be the Ole Miss Rebel's mascot. Lucasfilm declined to allow the characters use for the role stating he would have trouble finding time to attend games as he was leading the Rebel Alliance Fleet.
gYXA TIL: In Vietnam, the Vietnam War is known as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War.
d8WmK TIL That a soccer/football game in the UK was canceled shortly after it began due to heavy fog, everyone left except goalkeeper Sam Bartram who didn't hear the referee and guarded his goal in silence for 15 minutes before a policeman came and told him of the cancellation.
OVO7 TIL Steven Spielberg didn’t accept a salary for Schindler’s List as he considered it “blood money.”