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TIL the movie The Wolf of Wall Street was funded by money stolen from the Malaysian people by its corrupt Prime Minister.

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KOVYJ TIL of Oxdown, a fictitious village trainee journalists would write about in exams. In 2006 it was decided the exams would use real places instead, and so Oxdown was destroyed in a series of deadly explosions. Trainees had to report on the explosions.
BrpJd TIL that a woman, whose husband died fighting the Nazis, requested to be allowed to drive a tank to avenge her husband. She proved herself a skilled tank driver, died from injuries obtained in battle, and was posthumously named Hero of the Soviet Union.
66KZ TIL That it’s theoretically possible to build an airship using a vacuum instead of helium
R7om6 TIL that the ground cinnamon sold in most stores is actually derived from "cassia", a tree related to "true cinnamon".
vP1xD TIL that Bentley only uses leather from bulls for the upholstery of its cars, because they don’t get the stretch marks cows do.