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TIL when David Bowie wanted walk around in New York without being bothered, he simply carried a greek newspaper, so that people would think “no, that can’t be him”.

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ADeWl TIL many brands of "ice cream" (such as Breyer's and Dreyer's) sold in the US is technically NOT ice cream, but is labeled as a "frozen dairy dessert" as they do not contain an adequate amount of milk fat (10%) to actually be considered true "Ice Cream"
gM4yW TIL of Bert Schneider's controversial speech when he won the Best Documentary Oscar in 1975 for his Anti-Vietnam film Hearts and Minds. He read out a telegram from the Vietcong delegate to the Paris Peace Talks, thanking the antiwar movement for all they had done on behalf of peace.
graY8 TIL 2 teens secretly scaled the Acropolis on 5/30/41 in Nazi-occupied Greece & stole the Nazi flag that was flying atop it. Their heroic act of defiance inspired Greeks to believe themselves capable of resisting the Nazis & their occupation of Greece. The teens were never caught & died of old age!
6E6lw TIL In 1897 a Swedish Balloonist and his two colleagues began their nationally covered journey to fly over the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon. Four decades later a whaling ship came across their remains on a small arctic island, having crashed and perished in the tough arctic climate.
yQKLv TIL the surviving family of MLK all believe that James Earl Ray was framed for King's assassination, and a lawyer won a mock trial defending Ray in 1993 to prove it.