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TIL Jason from the Friday the 13th is unmasked in nearly every film and has had a different looking face each time

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P18yG TIL The Co-founder of the New York Times, Henry Jarvis Raymond, is also Co-founder of the Republican Party
PKdn TIL when Columbian drug lord Pablo Escolar’s home was raided, the military released the dangerous hippos of his personal zoo, not knowing what to do with them. They now thrive in the Columbian rivers. This makes Columbia have the largest wild hippo population outside of Africa.
rRWx0 TIL despite being worth €37.3 billion the founder of IKEA drove an old Volvo, travelled by economy class, brought a lunch box to work, visited vegetable street markets right before they closed for the day, hoping to get better prices and shopped for clothes at the local flea markets.
bmpQ TIL that in the 1830’s the Crow Nation had a female chief who was a hunter, horse-rider and warrior and that she took four women as wives.
JYg7l TIL during WWII, if a US submarine sank all the targets it engaged, it was considered a "clean sweep" and a broom was attached to the periscope to celebrate their accomplishment