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TIL Green Man from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” is based on a true story. Show creator Rob McElhenney attended an Eagles game with a friend, who ripped off all his clothes after they won, revealing a full-body green lycra suit, and yelling “I’m the Green Man!”

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OoBRe TIL that Teddy Roosevelt was such a ridiculous badass that at the age of 59, after already having been president he tried to personally lead a volunteer army to fight in Europe during World War 1!
loleB TIL the name “Imogen” may well be a typo. Its first recorded use is in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline. It is thought that he wrote “Innogen”, a common Celtic name at the time. The printers misread the “nn” as “m” and thus a new name was born!
rRK9M TIL that Erik the Red discovered Greenland and called it Greenland despite being predominantly ice to attract people and lure them into settling there. He did this after being exiled from Iceland for manslaughter.
6E5Am TIL: that the Chinese government has an AI survelliance system that uses +20M cameras and facial recognition to track citizens behavior and monitor criminals. They officially named it: “Skynet” - because of Terminator...!
QN489 TIL that Nazi Field Marshal Erhard Milch, after being asked about his opinion on concentration camp atrocities, was beaten by Brigadier General Derek Mills-Roberts with his own Marshal's baton, and eventually a champagne bottle. He ultimately suffered from severe fractures to his skull.