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TIL during World War II, prisoners of war in Canada were treated so nicely that they didn’t want to leave Canada when released.

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BkjL TIL Dwayne Johnson was set to star in a movie about Hawaiian warrior-king Kamehameha, but was pulled because he’s Samoan, with the producer saying, “It would be a great taboo for the part to go to a nationality that was a fierce enemy of the Hawaiians during that time.”
NaOQ TIL that there was a popular myth in many middle eastern countries that Neil Armstrong had converted to Islam upon hearing the call to prayer on the moon, going as far to require the state department to issue a denial
L8Mr TIL Nicolas Cage turned down a lead role in the Lord of the Rings franchise.
N78oQ TIL That men and women have buttons on different sides of their shirts because men had to reach for weapons and women had handmaids do their shirts up for them.
wJpE TIL of an obese man who was found to have hidden bags of weed in his fat folds, he was initially pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt because he was too large.