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TIL: During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from german handcuffs.

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Rjp1 TIL Roger Ebert refused to give “The Human Centipede” a star rating, stating that it was unsuited for the film and that whether it was good or bad didn’t matter.
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ROn7 TIL Lego has no military related sets because the inventor’s policy was to not want to make war seem like child’s play
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