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TIL A survivor of Auschwitz is looking for his missing twin on Facebook.

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0wrX5 TIL Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson, who personally intervened and stopped the My Lai massacre, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his action. However, after reading the citation, which included a fabricated account of him rescuing a young girl under heavy fire, he threw his medal away.
b9RgZ TIL on February 5, 1919, Hollywood heavyweights Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith joined forces to create their own film studio, which they called the United Artists Corporation.
X04yD TIL that the actor who played Darth Vader, David Prowse, was banned from attending official Star Wars events because he leaked too many plot details.
wL7k7 TIL that Tootsie Roll is a publicly traded company with a $2 billion market cap. It's run by an 88 year old lady.
yVXNJ TIL that when Jim Hendrix first performed in front of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and members of the Beatles and Rolling Stones, comments included “shit”, “Jesus”, and “damn”