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TIL Joaquin Phoenix's birth name is Joaquin Bottom.

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DlvV TIL King Leopald II of Belgium was responsible for an estimated 10 million deaths in the Congo
dDLRj TIL that a man damaged a levy during the 93 flood of the Mississippi River, flooding 57 sq km, in order to delay his wife’s return so he could continue to party.
rN9D1 TIL the dreaded Emperor in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was portrayed by Marjorie Eaton, a 79 year old woman. (re-post, rule 2)
d86Vd TIL of Dr Randy Lovelace II, a Lt. Col. in the US Army Air Corps who worked on oxygen systems for high altitude jumps. In 1943 he volunteered to test his mask and jumped from a B17 at 40,000ft. The force of that deceleration knocked him out. tore his gloves off and frostbit his hand but he survived.
ANvg TIL that nearly every top McDonald’s monopoly prize from 1995-2000 was fraudulently won by a group of insiders