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TIL the double leg amputee war veteran in the film “Battleship” is played by an actual double leg amputee war veteran.

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GAvgE TIL 1/3 of US ambassadors are untrained in diplomacy, and have simply bought their way into a prestigious post, as big donors.
GAmNG TIL PFC Sadeo Munemori was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for diving on a live grenade. He was the only Japanese American decorated during or immediately after WWII.
0wDnN TIL glass sponges are thought by many to have the longest life span of any animal on Earth, growing up to 15,000 years old.
jN1Bj TIL former member of fake-lesbian Russian pop duo t.A.T.u. is anti-gay
Gvgg TIL there is an episode of Supernatural in which the two main characters are sent to an alternate universe in which they play the actors that play their characters on Supernatural (themselves) who are in the middle of filming an episode of a TV show called Supernatural.