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TIL that Shirley Temple hated Shirley Temples

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kEam TIL James Stewart is the highest-ranking actor in military history (Brigadier General). He was World War II and Vietnam War Veteran and Licensed Commercial Pilot. In 1996, he was due to have the battery in his pacemaker changed, but opted not to, preferring to let things happen naturally.
b9oe7 TIL: GPS signals are being spoofed in some areas of Moscow: “the fake signal, which seems to center on the Kremlin, relocates anyone nearby to Vnukovo Airport, 32 km away. The scale of the problem did not become apparent until people began trying to play Pokemon Go.”
d85Md TIL Ancient Egyptian mummies were discovered to have traces of Nicotine, Hashish and Cocaine. The Coca Plant being native at the time to South America leads to speculation of trans-oceanic transport in ancient times.
yLa TIL if you store your data in “the cloud” the FBI can search it, in secret, without a warrant or cause.
Y7YAB TIL that there was live action snow white in 1987, so that means that Disney didn't have to waste 200 million dollars, for a movie that everyone hates