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TIL Audrey Hepburn's father was a Nazi

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p8d4Z TIL In 2011 billionaire Oprah Winfrey found out she has a sister she never knew existed and now takes care of her financially because Oprah was so impressed by her sisters loyalty. She spent 4 years trying to contact Oprah with no luck and never once tried to sell the story to the press.
QQOa TIL Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
1aOdP TIL that Mike Tyson was only 23 when he lost to Buster Douglas. He was already 37-0 before losing to the 42-1 underdog.
KYd99 TIL that Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that increases an infected human's likelihood of dying by suidice by 43%, also increases an infected wolf's chance of being a pack leader by 4,600%.
oBKDW TIL of Project West Ford in Which The US Military Placed 480,000,000 Needles of Copper Into Medium Earth Orbit, In Hopes of Creating an Artificial Ionosphere For Radio