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TIL Marilyn Monroe got chin surgery because she overheard someone call her “a chinless wonder” at a party, behind her back.

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rjBe TIL in 2007, a nine-year-old Jack Russell Terrier named George sacrificed himself to save five children from an attack by two Pit Bulls. All three dogs had to be euthanized, but George was posthumously awarded a PDSA Gold Medal and his heroism was commemorated with a bronze statue.
nWrxr TIL in 2018, the 120-resident village of Acquetico in Italy installed speed cameras after being fed up with people speeding through it. In next 2 weeks, it recorded 58,500 speeding infractions.
vR7D TIL that even though Detroit is just across the river from it, Windsor, Ontario has one of the lowest murder rates in all of Canada.
4kdMw TIL: One scientific theory suggests that the passage of time is due to our expanding universe. As the universe expands, it pulls time with it because space and time are linked as one. So if the universe were to stop expanding and begin to contract, then time would reverse
pYWG4 TIL that since Herbert Hoover became President of the US in 1929, 7 out of 16 (43.7%) presidents were left handers. The general rate for lefties in the US is 1 out of 10 (10%).