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TIL Matt Groening’s Mother’s maiden name was Wiggum.
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TIL that Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat to help combat illiteracy. 348 words were identified as being important to first-graders, which he was asked to narrow down to 250. Nine months later, Seuss used 236 of them to complete The Cat in the Hat
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TIL that Chewbacca was given bodyguards against hunters whilst filming Return of the Jedi. It was feared that local hunters might mistake him for Bigfoot and shoot him.
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TIL of the World War I naval battle on Africa's Lake Tanganyika between German warships and two 40 foot British motor boats. The motor boats were secretly dragged for 146 miles through the jungle by ox teams and tractors. The smaller and faster British boats easily sunk the warships.
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TIL of the 20,000 Japanese soldiers fighting in the Battle of Iwo Jima in WWII, only 1,083 survived.
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TIL that while the Royal Navy suspended flogging in 1879, they never actually abolished it.