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TIL that the nose in this face ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), is the clicking noise in African languages.

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78nvx TIL Walt Disney's house on Carolwood Drive in LA was sold in 1998 and demolished. The original gate remains, which contains a hidden Mickey design
mdeY TIL in 1918 a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
m1lOo TIL that Willem Dafoe starred as Jesus in a religious epic, which included supporting performances by Harvey Keitel and David Bowie and was banned from Greece, Turkey, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina for several years.
jN1GR TIL Major James Robertson of Australian Army once stole one of the only 20 German tanks from no man’s land, while being attacked by machine gun and mustard gas.
ADl4a TIL that Dick Van Dyke was unaware of his horrifically bad Cockney accent in the 1964 film Mary Poppins. None of his fellow actors said a word about it.