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TIL Maj Donnie Dunagan served three tours in Vietnam, earned a Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts, was promoted a record 13 times in 21 years…and was the voice of Bambi

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vPLBD TIL the salary for Privates before the US entered WWII was only $0.70 per day ($15 in 2024)
DGjg TIL that there exists a documentary known as “Reversal of Fortune” whereby the directors gave $100,000 cash to a homeless person and followed him around to see what he would do with the money. Less than 6 months later, he was back in the same situation and completely broke.
JwOV TIL the “I should buy a boat” cat is originally from Björk’s music video “Triumph Of A Heart”
EnK0 TIL Daft Punk named their band after a negative review that dubbed their music as “a bunch of daft punk.”
ygPM TIL Queen Elizabeth does not hold a passport. Since all British passports are issued in the queen’s name, she herself doesn’t need one. She just has to say that she is the queen.