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TIL that during World War 1, New Zealand raised an army of 100,000 men, from a population of just over a million people.

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Brvgd TIL while dying of stomach cancer and hospitalized in 1989. Osamu Tezuka (creator of Kimba and Astro Boy) was still able to draw tons of sketches with his pens and paper. His last words was "I'm begging you, let me keep working!" as a hospital nurse took away his pens and paper so he could rest.
kljB TIL: Beastie Boys Mike D wore a chain with a 4-inch (10cm) VW emblem which inspired so many thefts that Volkswagen offered free replacements for all drivers affected and placed ads in papers saying “Don’t steal our medallions; send this ad in as a coupon, and we’ll send you your own VW medallion.”
WxA9 TIL Albert Einstein would appear to women in a silk bathrobe where it would “accidentally” pop open. He would then make a move depending on the woman’s reaction.[30:04]
VMwN0 TIL aerospace engineer and author Judith Love Cohen (worked on the Hubble Space Telescope) had two well known sons. The first son, Neil Siegel, developed GPS receivers in mobile devices and the US Army's first unmanned air vehicle system. The second son is a rather famous actor... named Jack Black.
rRBJy TIL critics complained that a bronze statue of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal standing in San Francisco's Civic Center more closely resembled the Sumerian king Gilgamesh.