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TIL that Ron Pearlman didn’t play shrek and I feel like I’m losing my mind.

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rRBAw TIL that Roger Moore, who played James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985, actually hated guns and the way society glorified the men who wielded them. Moore hated the publicity photos of himself posing with Bond's signature Walther PPK gun or any other firearm.
5Y8y9 TIL the first manned balloon flight in the United States would have failed if the pilot and the passenger had not removed all extra weight from the craft including their clothes and the contents of their bladders.
XERyk TIL that the tumbleweed, icon of the American West, is an invasive species, imported in contaminated flaxseed from Russia.
781oO TIL about Levi Coffin. Born 1798 in North Carolina, he and his wife Catherine are credited with helping thousands of slaves escape to Canada. Some called him the "President of the Underground Railroad."
Q61d TIL that The parliament of Iceland, established in 930, is the oldest active parliament in the world.