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ADlMa TIL that the actor who played Hyman Roth in Godfather II is Lee Strasberg, the "father of method acting in America"
awn6A TIL that there’s a monsoon flood in southeast Asia that’s 10x worse than Harvey, during the same period.
Z90B TIL that a lost wallet is more likely to be returned if you have a photo of a baby in it. In a 2009 study, 88% of wallets with a baby photo were returned, followed by wallets with a photo of a puppy (53%), family (48%) and an old couple (28%). Only 15% of control wallets were returned.
4Xwm6 TIL That Irish-Americans account for almost 2 out every 3 US Medals of Honor awarded, and if the country of Ireland was compared to US states, it would come third to only Texas and California for the total number of MoH awarded.
bDYj TIL on Dec 25th (Christmas), a town in Peru celebrates ‘Takanakuy’. Men, women and children settle grudges from the past year with a fist fight in the town center. After the fight, fighters will drink alcohol to numb the pain and bring in the New Year.