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TIL Actor Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk) had a brain tumor removed in the early 2000’s; this caused partial facial paralysis for several years.

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xVAZk TIL After the cancellation of the 1944 Olympics, Polish prisoners of war being held in the Nazi Oflag II-C POW camp staged their own unofficial Olympics games. They made their own flag from a bed sheet, an opening ceremony was held and even a commemorative stamp was printed by the camp post office.
88G8 TIL Anonymous has become an child pornography task force, removing 40+ child porn websites in 2011 alone
MeAoK Today I learned that in the US all men between the ages of 18 and 25, must register for selective service (Formely the draft), failing to so may result in fines up to $250k, and up to 5 years of prison (felony), and may have impact on future rights, voting, grants etc. It has never applied to Women.
DQn0r TIL that there is a type of bird called Secretary Bird which specializes in stomping their prey until it is killed or immobilized
rRQn4 TIL T-Pain streams both music demos and games on Twitch