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TIL Keanu Reeves was a successful ice hockey goalie which earned him the nickname “The Wall.” He dreamed of playing hockey for Canada but had to give it up because of an injury.

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eRk5 TIL Freddie Mercury’s powerful voice spanned over a four octave range.
5VMQn TIL Finland has the third largest military in NATO in terms of total military personnel, after US and Türkiye
1mEW TIL Urban Dictionary has been used in many court cases to define slang terms that are not found in dictionaries and that some states’ DMVs refer to it to determine if certain license plates are appropriate or not
6EpY8 TIL of an elegy “Requiem” written over three decades and is known as the best known poetry work about Soviet Great Terror.
VMPmk TIL In WW II, German submarines used the lights from US coastal cities to see US shipments. Coastal cities refused to limit lighting as was done in Europe due to tourism, and as a result much shipping was destroyed.