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TIL-Drew Barrymore's Grandmother was a famous silent film actress, nicknamed "The Goddess of the Silent Screen".

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gMJD7 TIL on every 4th of November Sikhs celebrate Bandi Chhor which commemorates the day Sikh leader Guru Hargobind was released from Gwalior Fort by Emperor Jahangir and was able to secure the release of 52 Hindu kings, symbolizing the Sikh value of standing up against persecution, regardless of faith.
nexbG TIL of The Shaggs: three teenage sisters forced to play in a band by their father. Almost completely musically inept, their album failed to gain any traction until years after it was recorded, when Frank Zappa claimed it was one of his favorite albums of all time.
4J8X TIL after WW2 was over, everyone got freed from the concentration camps at the end of the war…except the gay people, many of which were forced to remain in imprisonment for their “crimes” and were not acknowledged as victims of Nazi persecution.
1gOO TIL that, except under exceptional circumstances, drug testing for employment is not allowed in Canada, because it does not respect the Canadian Human Rights Act.
5V0Yp TIL the popular fact "your blood vessels put together is long enough to go around the Earth 2.5 times (100,000 kms)" is false, as the numbers used by the first scientist to study this were way off. The actual length is only around 9000-19000 kms based on an updated study.