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TIL China owns all of the pandas in the world and rents them out to other countries for $1,000,000 dollars a year. The only exception to this is the 2 pandas that China gifted to Mexico in the 70's but with agreement that if they had offspring China would own them.

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lonJ7 TIL that during WWII Audie Murphy earned every US Army combat award for valor, and several French and Belgian awards for heroism. He earned the Medal of Honor at 19 for holding off a company of German soldiers for an hour, then leading a successful counter attack while out of ammo and wounded.
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vVoL TIL that Kermit the Frog was implied to be somehow responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In the television special “It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie”, the twin towers were digitally added back into the NYC skyline for the alternate reality where Kermit the Frog had never been born.
4kaOw TIL That the "Akira Slide" is the most imitated scene from any movie/tv50 show and has been referenced in over 250 pieces of media.