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TIL My 2 favorite Christmas movies (Christmas Vacation and Home Alone) were written by the same man, John Hughes (And they released only 1 year apart)

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8eXBX TIL Not all owls are nocturnal. Most owl species are nocturnal, only two owl species are diurnal(active in day) and some are crepuscular(active in twilight)
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ERVW TIL of Rupert Trimmingham, a black US Army soldier serving in WW2 who wrote a letter to the Army magazine about having to eat behind a train depot restaurant while German POWs were served inside in 1944, sparking support from other soldiers and contributing to the integration of the army in 1948.