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TIL that the characterization of Jack Sparrow is based off Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards

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wLx7W TIL that officer Ronald Speirs, just after being assigned commander of the E Company in January 1945 during the battle of Foy, ran through the German-occupied town and lines, linked up with the I Company soldiers on the other part of town and then proceeded to run back through without a scratch.
QJZdL TIL about Chartreuse, The liqueur has been made by the Carthusian Monks since 1737 according to the instructions set out in a manuscript given to them in 1605. It is composed of distilled alcohol aged with 130 herbs, plants and flowers. It continues to age and improve in the bottle.
E1D40 TIL that Best Buy removed the fighting video game “Primal Rage” from its shelves after an Arizona woman complained that her 11-year-old son had faithfully portrayed one of the game’s gorilla-like character’s “golden shower/urination” fatality move.
epEQD TIL that any shape made entirely of straight lines can be made from a folded piece of paper and a single straight cut. (Fold and cut theorem) (VSauce short)
XaLE TIL that all meat in a Subway’s Cold Cut Combo sandwich (ham, salami and bologna) is actually made from turkey…