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TIL An 8 foot tall Lego man named “Ego Leonard”, has mysteriously been found washing up on beaches worldwide since 2007. Ego Leonard always bears the phrase “No Real Than You Are” on his chest.

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6E5pw TIL during the Space Race, the Soviet chief rocket engineer Sergei Korolev was never referred to by his real name. He was always identified as the "Chief Designer" to avoid a potential assassination attempt by the US. Not even cosmonauts working with him knew his real name.
4X8NN TIL Bill Crawford an Army private in World War II who assumed to have been killed received his Medal of Honor posthumously. After the war he became a janitor at the Air Force Academy where his identity unknown until a cadet found a picture of him in a book.
0dAKM TIL from WTC debris, the structural steel was bought by scrap metal industry and sold to Chinese and Indian second hand metal markets. Several buildings were built with Twin Tower steel across Indian cities, including a college and a trade centre.
jNAMv TIL Break-ups are more hurtful for men: In a study of around 5,705 participants from 96 countries, it was found that whilst women experience intense pain immediately after a break-up, they get over it pretty quickly. Whereas men, on the other hand, move on quickly but remain damaged for longer.
4k6pX TIL Throughout the WWII there were many rivalries between Office of Strategic Services (precursor to the CIA) and other US Intel departments. The prevalence of Ivy League graduates and high society gave rise to the dismissive name for the OSS "Oh, So Social.”