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TIL a Pokémon-playing fish committed credit card fraud.

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GAKdG TIL that the character of John Rambo, was originally inspired by Audie Murphy and his struggles with PTSD.
ynwv TIL that China has banned time travel in TV, saying that it “disrespects history”.
kJ94g TIL heroin got its name by being "the hero's drug". It was used in the US Civil War as a painkiller for soldiers needing amputation by hacksaw.
KYoxQ TIL about Paul Alexander, a polio survivor who lived until the age of 78 in a iron lung
d8eyr TIL The Emperors of Eastern Rome's personal bodyguard was made up of Vikings (as well as other groups of Western European warriors), called the Varangian Guard