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TIL that the Algerian national anthem was first written in blood on a prison cell wall by an Algerian revolutionary who was imprisoned by the French colonial regime

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6EBKW TIL, Coolio attempted to crowd dive into a crowd of students, none of them caught him and instead he was beaten up with his shoes stolen
6946l TIL that a man didn't know that he got drafted by the NFL. The Philadelphia Eagles drafted Norm Michael of Syracuse University in 1944, but could not reach him as he had already enlisted in the US Army. Michael only learned what had happened in 1999, when reading about other Syracuse NFL players.
mx5kO TIL: During WWII about 250,000 Filipinos were promised US Citizenship & Veteran Benefits for aiding the US in fighting Japan, then the US reneged its offer and only about 4000 got any benefits at all.
0wQrM TIL the actor who played ruthless hunter Van Pelt in Jumanji also played the boy Alan's father.
99xD TIL that in a 2011 Census, more people put “Heavy Metal” as a religion than “Scientology” in England and Wales