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TIL male kangaroos are called boomers

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R7WOj TIL: When the Nazis and the Vichy government began arresting and deporting the Jews, Si Kaddour Benghabrit Imam of Grand Mosque de Paris made it a sanctuary for endangered Jews. By offering them shelter; and giving them fake identity certificates, to prove they were Muslims, not Jews.
8GDb TIL Bruce Lee actually hit Jackie Chan during filming of the 1973 classic “Enter the Dragon,” but neither broke character until the director called cut [1:49]
V1pp TIL one of the worst nuclear accidents in history occurred after a security guard skipped his shift at an abandoned medical facility housing a radiological device to watch “Herbie Goes Bananas”
NXvGe TIL after professional football player Lyle Alzado became enraged, throwing a helmet at another player, the NFL enacted the "Lyle Alzado Rule” that disallowed the use of helmets as a weapon. Years later, Alzado was beset with brain cancer, believing it to be retribution for a profligate lifestyle.
4k8XJ TIL A Canadian hockey team hasn't won the NHL Stanley Cup finals since 1993