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TIL Donnie from The Wild Thornberrys was voiced by Flea from The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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mxpRE TIL that during D-day, the USS Texas intentionality flooded a part of itself to help provide inland fire support. It flooded the starboard torpedo blister to list the ship 2 degrees, giving the ship’s guns enough elevation to continue its mission.
N7Kyb TIL Beverly Hills, originally a Spanish lima bean ranch, was founded by a group of investors who failed to find oil and, upon finding water instead, founded the town. Black and Jewish people were forbidden from owning property.
0xDp TIL that “⸮” has been proposed as a punctuation mark to denote irony since the 1580s.
pY778 TIL There is an ISO standard for brewing a cup of tea. Ireland objected to it
m15Yx TIL that German law imposes a duty upon everyone to provide aid or assistance to people who are injured. Three people were prosecuted and fined for failing to provide assistance to a man who collapsed in a bank and later died.