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TIL that the children of identical twins test genetically as half-siblings instead of first cousins

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v1RNL TIL of Irina Margareta Nistor, a Romanian woman that dubbed banned Western films during Romania's Communist regime, and by doing so, voiced Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Tom Cruise (among others).
d5yZ TIL that when asked if he thinks his book genuinely upsets people, Salman Rushdie said “The world is full of things that upset people. But most of us deal with it and move on and don’t try and burn the planet down. There is no right in the world not to be offended. That right simply doesn’t exist”
0YjR TIL the Appalachian trail is being extended into Scotland, due to the shared cultural and geological heritage.
WW74 TIL that in July 1917, the “Red Baron” sustained a head wound during aerial combat that knocked him unconscious. As his plane was spinning back to Earth, he came to and was able to make a rough landing.
epa8b TIL the London Bridge built in the 1830s, that spanned the River Thames was auctioned off and sold in 1968, was purchased from the City of London for $2,460,000. It was disassemble, shipped across the Atlantic, through the Panama canal, eventually reassembled in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.