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TIL the film Three Men and a Baby is directed by Leonard Nimoy

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69MjX TIL that there's a sport called Extreme ironing, which consists of ironing in perilous or incongruous conditions. It can be practiced on a mountain, while snowboarding or skiing, on top of large statues... Its appeal lies in mixing the thrill of danger “with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt"
wLG5J TIL General George Thomas was arguably better than both Robert E Lee and Ulysses S Grant. He never lost a battle and once completely destroyed a confederate army, earning him the nickname "sledgehammer". History has forgotten because he was too modest and always downplayed his own accomplishments
rgw TIL : an experiment showed kids liked food in McD boxes better then the same food in plain boxes
DZEJ TIL In 1956 Britain, France, and Israel invaded Egypt to get back the Suez Canal. Despite being a military success and having minor losses, it had so much political fallout that most historians consider it the end of Britain as a superpower.
BrV9x TIL: The main person behind Wendy's famous twitter roasts is a woman named Amy Brown.