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TIL Ewan McGregor's brother is a pilot in the RAF, and his callsign is "Obi-Two"

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oQA7 TIL that Bill Watterson, the author of “Calvin and Hobbes”, believed that adapting the comic to any other medium would compromise its integrity. He believed this so strongly that he turned down personal calls from Steven Spielberg and George Lucas offering to make animated movies.
nLbG TIL in order to be among the top 10% of the world’s population by wealth, you only need $77,000; to be part of the top half, you just need $3,650.
bBOp TIL that there was a Polish King nicknamed “the Strong” because he could break horseshoes with his bare hands and loved fox tossing, a sport where you throw foxes with a sling, one event had 1235 foxes, hares, badgers, and wildcats. He had several mistresses and fathered as many as 382 children.
67D7 TIL that when the EU would unite its armed forces, it becomes the second largest army in the world
WkJa4 TIL that after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government was worried Japan would invade Hawaii and seize all the U.S. currency there. As a precaution, the U.S. burned $200 million in cash circulating on the islands, and replaced them with freshly printed bills with “Hawaii” stamped on them.