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TIL the allies had an alcoholic Nazi-hating bear to help them in WWII

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eVmD TIL reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes was being kept awake at night by the bright neon sign from the ‘Silver Slipper’ casino, so he bought the casino and dismantled the sign.
01KN TIL that Anne Hathaway wanted to be a nun when she was young. However, she lost respect for the Catholic church at age fifteen when “I realized my older brother was gay, and I couldn’t support a religion that didn’t support my brother.”
pY5Ab TIL Olivia Colman's real name is Sarah Sinclair (née Colman). She had to adopt a different stage name when she began working professionally because Equity (the UK actors' union) already had an actress named Sarah Colman.
VMNaD TIL that there are stars that can be lower than the temperature of the human body, called "Y dwarfs"
nZMr TIL Australia’s first police force was comprised of the best-behaved convicts