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TIL Leonardo DiCaprio’s haircut from Titanic was outlawed by the Taliban

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R7Nl6 TIL Paul Robeson, the third black student at Rutgers, was valedictorian, two-time All-American in football, got a law degree from Columbia while playing in the NFL, was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance, an international recording, stage, and film star, and a civil rights activist.
m1N7o TIL in 1943 US and Canadian forces invaded Kiska Island as part of the offensive on the Aleutian Islands. The island was completely abandoned but allied forces still suffered over 313 casualties, and lost 1 Destroyer.
j6XpE TIL Doing CPR on person who is pulseless because of blood loss (gunshot wound, stabbing, etc.) worsens their chance of survival.
E1ZJ7 TIL: Drowning IRL looks nothing like in the movies, and in fact many parents actually watch their children drown, having no idea that it's happening.
w7p6 TIL that the Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory with a population of 56, has legalised same-sex marriage, despite not having a single same-sex couple on the island.