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TIL Victor Mature, after being denied membership of the Los Angeles Country Club because he was an actor, replied “I am not an actor - and I’ve got 64 films to prove it”

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kO91E TIL There are only two remaining residential buildings from the 19th century in what was at the time one of Detroit's most fashionable areas. The units of one house built in 1888 are mostly rented out to Wayne State University students and faculty
Br7Jk TIL of the Westminster pedophile dossier. Compiled by MP Geoffrey Dickens in 1984, it provided evidence of a pedophile ring operating within the British government. It has been missing since 2013. Lead investigators assigned to discover the whereabouts of the dossier resigned after one year.
MenOB TIL In 2006, Wenger produced a Swiss Army style knife called "The Giant" that included every implement the company ever made, with 87 tools and 141 different functions. It was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's most multifunctional penknife.
6E8xW TIL Count Juan Raphael Dante, a director of the US Karate Association until 1962, didn't like the focus on ceremony, tradition, and protocol, over "effectiveness", so he created the "Dance of Death" system, taught in a mail-order booklet, World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets, advertised in comic books
YpNLP TIL British Parliament had an official discussion where they condemned the historical inaccuracies of the film U-571 and the rewriting of history to paint the Americans as heroes in an event they never even took part in. They felt it was unfair on the British sailors that lost their lives.