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TIL Poland once gave USA a birthday card signed by 5,5 million Polish people

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OGng4 TIL that the 1983 Dodge Caravan was the first car with built in cup holders
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VMx0G TIL Elagabalus was an emperor of Rome who wore makeup and wigs, preferred to be called a lady, and offered vast sums to any physician who could provide him with a vagina. The historian Dio referred to him with feminine pronouns, and he is the first recorded person to seek sex reassignment surgery.
aw810 TIL That the stormtrooper who hit his head on the door in the original Star Wars was also the stormtrooper who got mind tricked with “these are not the droids you’re looking for”. His name is Wanten.
9YVPB TIL English actor David Bradley, famous for playing Argus Filch in the Harry Potter movies and Sir Walder Frey in Game of Thrones, is also an accomplished stage actor who won a Laurence Olivier Award for his role in a production of King Lear.