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TIL a pit bull earned the ranking of Sergeant in the US Army during WWI and is considered a decorated war hero.

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ADLEw TIL the govenor of California from 1939-1943 was an atheist
JYpjm TIL the original theme song for the James Bond movie Thunderball was "Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang", sung by Tom Jones.
LQ5dr TIL about Xu Xiaodong, a Chinese MMA fighter famous for challenging traditional martial artists who make fraudulent online claims about their abilities, which earned him fines and other punishments from the Chinese government.
VBQJZ TIL: The acronym for the Navy's 'United States Fleet' was CINCUS (pronounced "sink us")
pY6Jb TIL Charlie chaplain was born 4 days apart from Hitler. Both had the same mustache style, both grew up in poverty. Chaplains first full sound film was The Great Dictator, satirizing Hitler. He spent two years writing the script, but filming started 6 days after Britain declared war on Germany.