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TIL Jeff East, who portrays a young Clark Kent in the 1978 film 'Superman', wore a prosthetic nose to better emulate Chris Reeve.

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wMy7 TIL that American Cheese cannot be legally sold as “cheese” in the United States. It must instead be labeled as “cheese product,” “cheese food,” or “American Singles,” since its manufacturing process varies so significantly from that of other cheeses.
b6nRp TIL That Tanagra was a real place and that a battle took place there... however, there were no characters in that battle by the names of Darmok or Jalad.
neapr TIL that Rainn Wilson (Dwight from The Office) is a member of the Baha'i faith and has campaigned the Iranian government to allow Baha'i access to higher education
BrRAL TIL that an Italian banker, Gilberto Baschiera is considered a modern-day Robin Hood. Over the course of 7 years, he secretly diverted 1 million euros to poorer clients from the wealthy ones so they could qualify for loans. He made no profit and avoided jail in 2018 due to a plea bargain.
0dAep TIL above Olive Riley, a blogger who posted over 100 videos on Youtube documenting her life through WWI, the Great Depression, and WWII. She was born in 1899 and died in 2008. Her videos are still public today.