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TIL that Game of Thrones actresses Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) and Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) would relax together after sets by sitting in bath tubs smoking weed and putting on makeup. They remain good friends off set

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JYXav TIL of the Battle of Hainan Island (Chinese Civil War). The Communists conducted a successful landing operation using 2000 traditional wooden junks. This led the KMT Navy to underestimate them and tried to capture them, only for the junks to reveal artillery pieces, forcing a KMT Destroyer to flee.
ROL4 TIL Kyle Macdonald bartered his way from one red paperclip to a house in 14 online trades
EgD1P TIL Nostalgia regulates loneliness by affirming social support. Research suggests that by using nostalgia, interventions can be successful in reducing the sense of loneliness and lack of self worth.
vPp14 TIL that on June 12, 1942, a Beaufighter Mk.1C conducted a raid in broad daylight at very low altitude along the Champs-Élysées to drop a French flag and then attacked the headquarters Gestapo building with a rocket.
69BnJ TIL That Fred Rodgers named his royal puppet King Friday XIII because so many people are superstitious about that day and he wanted to make it a fun day instead, so every Friday 13th was also King Friday's Birthday. Happy Birthday King Friday!!!