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TIL that a successful ventroliquist's career ended when he switched from radio to TV as "his lips were frequently seen to move"

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VBJEG TIL Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier from World War 2, was initially turned down from the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps for being underweight and underage. He was finally able to enlist after his sister falsified documentation. He ended up playing himself in a movie about him
YpZpW TIL that a Ha-Ha is a wall that is recessed into the ground in order to preserve an uninterrupted view of the landscape beyond. A Ha-Ha is used at the Washington Monument to reduce the visual impact of security measures following 9/11.
QJNw9 TIL Prisoners in Belgium have a computer station with an headset and limited access to the internet in their cells. They can also order PPV films (including adult ones), "making the prison run more efficiently".
X6v6 TIL in Nara prefecture, Japan, deers and people lived in harmony for 1300 years. You can see deers all over the city. They are called “bowing deers” because they bow to people to get food.
P1YBG TIL that Delaware has no commercial airline service to or from the state.