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TIL Gary Oldman is younger than Gary Numan

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E1EQP TIL an Ohio judge once sentenced a woman to spend day at the "stinkiest, smelliest" section of a landfill, as punishment for animal neglect. "If you puke, you puke"
O9vg TIL the highly expensive paint “Ultramarine blue” is named not after it’s ocean-blue color, but instead means “from beyond the sea” (i.e. imported from Asia)
KY0vB TIL PFC Jimmy W. Phipps, A US Marine was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic action that occured on May 27, 1969 in Vietnam. He saved the Lives of 2 other Marines in a rice paddy field by shielding them from the blast of an ignited secondary enemy explosive device and was mortally wounded.
xGB7 TIL that “it is practically impossible to write French correctly using a keyboard that has been bought in France”, says the country’s government. Because the AZERTY layout makes typing certain accented letters difficult (especially capitals), many don’t use them, changing the language.
YOkW TIL that Ulysses S. Grant’s parents did not attend his wedding because his fiancé’s family owned slaves.