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TIL the FBI kept a file on Louis Armstrong for his outspokenness about integration.

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JY8pB TIL Hitler went to sleep very late the night before D-Day. He gave orders not to be woken up for any reason. His staff obeyed the order. When Hitler woke up, it was too late to stop the invasion.
8eypb TIL 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the most expensive movie ever made, with a total cost of $447 million. Disney reduced costs using the UK’s Film Tax Relief, receiving $86.6 million in reimbursements. The movie grossed $2.1 billion worldwide.
epKLn TIL it’s illegal for civilians to wear camouflage in 11 countries, including Jamaica, Barbados, and Zimbabwe, to prevent them from being mistaken for military personnel or law enforcement.
G7NE TIL Whoopi Goldberg was high when she won her Oscar for “Ghost”
Q1pa TIL some sap-sucking sea slugs incorporate living chloroplasts from the algae they eat into their own bodies, allowing the slugs to temporarily live off of solar energy through photosynthesis. For this reason they are also known as “solar-powered sea slugs.”