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TIL that despite occasionally smoking in movies Clint Eastwood is a lifetime non-smoker

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ADJN4 TIL Bea Arthur from the Golden Girls was one of the first members of the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve in WW2, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant before being honorably discharged.
loN1 TIL Despite it winning a Grammy, Foo Fighters didn’t like One by One after recording it
b9mgE TIL Angus Barbieri fasted for 382 straight days and lost a total of 276 lbs
E1vDW TIL that on New Order’s first pressing of their hit single Blue Monday, the record label actually lost 20 cents for every copy sold due to the intricately designed packaging, totaling a loss of near $100,000.
odXR TIL some cadavers that are donated to science are used by auto makers as crash-test dummies