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TIL The Knights Templar is still a surviving order in Portugal

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BrD0K TIL, during the opening of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, organisers made a random girl to mime a song because the original singer was not allowed to appear because, according to the organisers, she was not photogenic enough.
MeA9a TIL the Canadian divisions who took Juno beach on D-Day were all volunteers. Canada did not enact conscription until later in 1944; only 2463 men ever saw forced front line service. Overall, 10%+ of Canada's population served in the war effort.
ovKR TIL: the snow in “It’s A Wonderful Life” is actually made of foamite (fire-fighting chemicals) mixed with soap and water and show out of a fan. The snow was silent during filming so the actors could recite lines live instead of re-recording them.
rley TIL Ashton Kutcher once almost committed suicide by jumping off a hospital roof so his dying brother could have his heart.
e9mg TIL: In 1976, Eric Clapton made a speech at a concert to vote for Enoch Powell to stop Britain from becoming “a black colony”, to “get the foreigners out, get the wogs out, get the coons out”, and repeatedly shouted “Keep Britain White”. Rock Against Racism was formed, in response.