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TIL that Charlie Chaplin put up the 2013 equivalent of 25million USD of his own money to finance his anti-Nazi file The Great Dictator while the US was still at peace with Nazi Germany.

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WkXP8 TIL When Adam Devine (Adam from Workaholics) was 11 years old, he was hit by a cement truck. He spent two years with limited mobility and underwent 25 surgeries.
7r19x TIL Volkswagen was funded by the Nazi trades union organisation. (Deutsche Arbeitsfront)
4d4b TIL in January 1972, Ariel Sharon decided 3,000 Bedouin were in the way of a massive military exercise he wanted to conduct. So he summarily expelled two tribes from their homes, during a deep winter spell. At least 40 people died, mostly babies, children and the elderly.
X0p0R TIL That in France you can only mow your lawn at certain times.
GkrJ TIL you can be a Hindu Atheist - you can deny the existence of God, yet believe in the spiritual teachings and live a “dharmic” life.