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TIL that happy cake day refers to a person's account anniversary, not their birthday

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rVko TIL that the actor, who played Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, never starred in another film. Instead, he pursued a career as a veterinarian.
wLyGM TIL about Second Lieutenant Vladimir Kotlinsky of the Russian Imperial Army, who led a charge against the Germans after an attack with chlorine gas on WWI, while his and his men bodies were dissolving because of the chemicals action on their flesh
D1DXP TIL that much of '80s punk and punk-inspired fashion - fishnets, lipstick, wild hair, androgyny - can be traced directly to the influence of 1975's Rocky Horror Picture Show
6BPQ TIL that there was a real “Inglorious Basterds” operation in Nazi Germany, which ended with Jewish US soldiers negotiating the surrender of Innsbruck after being tortured.
58Wn TIL that the form of Tourette’s that causes cursing is called Coprolalia, Greek for “shit talking”