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TIL Ranulph Fiennes, named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the worlds greatest living explorer, was an SAS Captain until being dismissed for secretly attempting to blow up a dam built for the 1967 Doctor Doolittle movie because he didn’t like it

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6pKl TIL president Ronald Reagan’s kids are outspoken liberals, and his son (Ronald Reagan Jr) is even an atheist.
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