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TIL you can Street View around the Old City in Jerusalem

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4W8b TIL during WW2, Krystyna Skarbek became a British spy and smuggled intelligence reports and anti-tanks guns from Hungary to the Allies. When she was arrested by Gestapo, she bit her tongue hard enough to bleed and convinced them she had tuberculosis, which made them release her.
Y7OOd TIL that at US fast food chains, drive through sales account for 70% of purchases, up 30% from pre-pandemic levels.
ep4WE TIL that Common Law Marriage is only actually recognized in 7 U.S. States and DC
gjYA TIL that Bugs Bunny’s nonchalant carrot-chewing standing position came from the film It Happened One Night in which Clark Gable is leaning against a fence, eating carrots rapidly, and talking with his mouth full.
8VOZ TIL Marvel has a hero named Squirrel Girl, who in her first appearance defeated Doctor Doom by commanding an army of squirrels to attack him. She has also defeated the likes of Wolverine, Deadpool, Galactus and Thanos offscreen.