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TIL that Michael Caine is a Korean War veteran

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dDabB TIL that the "Hello, I'm a PC", "And I'm a Mac" TV TV ad campaign had a UK version featuring David Mitchell and Robert Webb from "Peep Show", "That Mitchell and Webb Look", etc.
88G8 TIL Anonymous has become an child pornography task force, removing 40+ child porn websites in 2011 alone
R70mj TIL in 1936 a man was killed by a kangaroo. The kangaroo "broke the jaw" and inflicted "extensive head injuries" on the man, who was attacked after attempting to rescue his two dogs. It is the only documented case of a fatal kangaroo attack.
p8ePZ TIL that the flags planted on the moon (Apollo 11) were purchased by a NASA secretary who went to Sears and bought off-the-shelf nylon flags for $5.50 USD (1969). These flags are still “flying” and held aloft by their poles.
epvpn TIL in 2016 two teens died after ingesting a concoction known as 'Dewshine' (a mixture of Mountain Dew & racing fuel, which is virtually 100% methanol). These are the first reported deaths in the US associated with the mixture. Two other teens who also drank it became intoxicated, but survived.