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TIL Mel Brooks was a combat engineer at the Battle of the Bulge. When the Nazis played their propaganda over loudspeakers, he responded by setting up his own sound system and playing music by Jewish singer Al Jolson

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N7KWe TIL that the reason you get a runny nose while crying is that tears are flowing both out of the eyes but also internally into the nasal passages so you're literally blowing tears out your nose.
9wxxM TIL cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling ran a Dungeons & Dragons game in 1978 with a young Warren Spector. Spector cited this as his inspiration to become a videogame designer, where he went on to produce games such as Ultima Underworld, Wing Commander, Thief and Deus Ex
Avbx TIL Michael Phelps holds the world record for most olympic medals ever held but also the longest putt ever televised
b6oPj Today I Learned Elephants Get Drunk Eating Overripe Fruits
vJ9D TIL the water resistance depth shown on a watch does not mean the watch can actually be taken to that depth. A watch classified for 30 meters should not even be taken into the shower.