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TIL that the Dutch word for fun is ‘lol’.

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pY7je TIL that a Jewish Wrestler won a gold medal by defeating a German Wrestler in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, which was ruled by the Nazis and a showcase to prove German superiority. Nazi Germany didn’t win any gold medals in Wrestling
R7jNQ TIL of a Burmese man that died in 2013 but claimed to of been born in the year 908.
Ryp4 TIL the US Marines forced Saddam Hussein to watch the South Park movie repeatedly. In the movie Saddam is portrayed as Satan’s gay lover just to add insult to injury.
NXnR1 TIL that over 600 U.S. planes crashed flying supplies over the Himalayas to China during WW2
D1Bde TIL that the Lamborghini Murciélago supercar was named after a fighting bull that survived 24 sword strokes in a bullfight in 1879. Such was the bull’s courage that the matador let it live.