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TIL Charles Joseph Bonaparte THE grandnephew of Napoleon Bonaparte created the Bureau of Investigation (now the FBI)

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QNK6d TIL According to the International Olympic Committee, gold and silver medals are required to be at least 92.5% silver. The gold in gold medals is in the plating outside and consist of at least 6 grams of pure gold. Silver medals are made of pure silver, while bronze medals are 95% copper and 5% zinc
KYrLB TIL Betty Boop was actually the star of the first animated Snow White, predating Disney's version by 4 years.
4Xbkb TIL: Naomi Parker Fraley was the most likely inspiration for the WWII poster, "We Can Do It!" The image is thought to have been inspired by a photograph taken of Fraley, operating a machine-tool at the Navel Air Station Alameda, where she worked on aircraft assembly. Fraley died in 2018, aged 96.
mgEM TIL Christian Bale offered Ben Affleck one piece of advice for playing Batman: make sure you can piss in the suit. He offered this tidbit when the two met by chance in a costume shop. Both were there looking for batman costumes with/for their kids.
5vGR TIL that parasites get parasites, called hyperparasites. It’s also common for parasites of parasites to get their own parasites. And, you guessed it, those parasites too are prone to getting parasites.