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TIL that Ernest Hemingway worked for the KGB, tracked Nazi U-Boats from his fishing boat in Cuba, got charged with war crimes while leading a French militia against the Nazis, and had a six toed cat (marked as NSFW for other information provided in link)

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e0GwL TIL that James McAvoy was so addicted to playing Oblivion that it affected his work on the movie Becoming Jane, so he put the game disc on a gas stove and watched it burn and melt
DQEYv TIL after ABC executives & producers encouraged Margaret Cho to go on a crash diet, while filming her TV series All-American Girl in 1994, she lost 30 lbs (14 kg) in 2 weeks. This resulted in her hospitalization for kidney failure & led to major health issues that continued for years after the show.
yQQVX TIL that 80% of the population of the Australian mining town of Coober Pedy live underground
5Yx4D TIL in May 2022 the 'asteroid 2009 JF 1' will approach the earth dangerously close so that it can be seen in the sky. The NASA program D.A.R.T. is going to distract it from its course. An unlikely collision would have the power of 15 nuclear bombs. Let us hope that this rock will never hit us
6eMY TIL that in 1978, the engineer of Citicorp Center, one of the 10 tallest buildings in NYC, discovered a fatal flaw in the building’s structure. A massive, secretive plan, was set in motion to correct the flaw before the building toppled over and killed thousands.