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TIL American soldiers during WWII started a riot in New Zealand because they didn’t segregate their bars and they didn’t want to drink with non-white people.

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v1G8j TIL that Christian Bale, who has a British accent, did all of his promotional interviews for Batman Begins in an American accent because he felt Batman was "such an American character" and he did not want audiences asking "What the hell is going on? Why do we have an English Batman?"
d1G9 TIL A woodpecker’s tongue wraps around it’s brain to protect it while it hammers at 1500 g-force units
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R79GQ TIL that the US court confirmed that Snuggies are blankets, not clothes
5men TIL early firefighters weren’t paid with cash, instead they first grabbed all valuable items out of the victims house or business, then would sell those items or keep them for themselves.