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TIL that in 2007 actress Natasha Lyonne was arrested after breaking into her neighbor's apartment, picking up the woman's dog, and threatening to molest it.

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w5OP TIL that Ben Franklin, after conceiving an illegitimate son, advocated sexual affairs with older women, claiming that “it is less sinful to have sex with an older woman than to debauch a virgin.”
9YOeG TIL during the Christmas truce of the great war in 1914, German and British troops held a football match in no man's land. Germans won 3-2.
VXm TIL U.S. bridges and roads are being built by Chinese firms not American because it’s “faster and cheaper”.
WkMyX TIL that Marvel has to publish a Captain Marvel comic at least once every two years to not lose their trademark on the name, leading to several different characters using the name as an alias
BrlGb TIL, Sperm whales, the biggest toothed whale on Earth, dont actually have teeth in the top jaw. They instead have sockets in the upper jaw that the bottom teeth fit neatly in to.