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TIL Gwyneth Paltrow has a daughter named Apple with the singer from Coldplay

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6lPJ TIL that in 1943 the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles merged into one team known as the “Steagles” because of depleted rosters during WW2.
pBZZ TIL that when Buzz Aldrin, a freemason, landed on the moon, he brought a charter establishing a masonic lodge on the moon under jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Texas
5o58 TIL the metallic smell of coins isn’t from the metal but decomposing oils from our skin.
NZrN TIL Polish painter, Rafał Bujnowski, painted a photo-realistic self-portrait in black and white, had it photographed and enclosed the picture as his official photo in the U.S.A. visa application form. Eventually, the artist received a passport with a replica of his own painting.
nkoW TIL Josip Broz Tito fed up with Stalin sending assassins wrote openly, “Stop sending people to kill me. We’ve already captured five of them, one of them with a bomb and another with a rifle (…) If you don’t stop sending killers, I’ll send one to Moscow, and I won’t have to send a second.”