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TIL Homer Simpson is an honourary citizen of Winnipeg

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pDjZ TIL Chaplin was once forced to pay child support for a child that wasn’t even his. When a young woman claimed that her child was Chaplin’s, blood testing determined that the child was not Chaplin’s, but the judge refused to have the test admitted into court, so he made Chaplin pay a substantial sum.
Z81Go TIL In the Modern German Army, Any Order That Is Not “of any use for service” Becomes Non-Binding, Even In the Midst of Combat or If Given by a High-Ranking Official
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