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TIL that George Orwell fought as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War and wrote a book about it: Homage to Catalonia

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1a51V TIL Ernest Thompson Seton, one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America, was presented with an invoice for all the expenses connected with his childhood, by his father, including the fee charged by the doctor who delivered him. He paid the bill, but never spoke to his father again.
YpXmv TIL Anthony Daniels (the actor who plays C3PO) is the 11th highest grossing actor of all time-- because he's been in every Star Wars movie
YpM0P TIL the boycott was named after Charles Boycott, a man so hated that people wanted nothing to do with him
GAXJE TIL A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.
W7E9A TIL In France you're not allowed to work more than 218 days a year