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TIL that Lenore Zann, the voice actress for Rogue in the '90s X-Men cartoon and X-Men '97, served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada from 2019 to 2021.

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9YxnG TIL that John Cena learned Mandarin for WWE expansion purposes, and really likes a brand of Chinese chili sauce
oRkr8 TIL that wasps and hornets, despite being primarily carnivorous are actually important pollinators that are good to have in your garden for reasons other than controlling other pests
VExQ TIL L. Ron Hubbard took a trip to China and in his journal he wrote down his thoughts of the Chinese “They smell of all the baths they didn’t take. The trouble with China is, there are too many chinks here.”
ZK7Q TIL that in order to obtain the vast amounts of titanium needed for the construction of the SR-71, the CIA created fake companies throughout the world to purchase the metal from the biggest supplier, the USSR.
k6OE TIL According to the FBI gang membership is 50-100 times higher in the US Military than in the general population