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TIL about Jergentroppen, Norway's All Female Special Forces Group

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E1Qgp TIL in 1981 the Iraqi government ordered 25,000 special edition Chevy Malibus from GM Canada. When the order was cancelled half way through, the 12,500 remaining cars with their 3 on the floor manuals were sold in Canada for $6,800.
n1BW TIL that when Jimi Hendrix was once asked how it felt to be the world’s greatest guitarist, he replied: ‘I don’t know, go ask Rory Gallagher’
XEexP TIL During an interview Marlon Brando was asked "Don't you realize you're thought of as the greatest actor ever?". Brando turned to his dog Tim and replied "Tim is the greatest actor ever. He pretends he loves me when he wants something to eat"
5VdJR TIL that the scientific definition of a Kilogram uses the Planck constant(which gives the relationship between energy/mass and frequency of a photon) in its formula. Pg131
5QMR TIL that J.R.R.Tolkien was involved in the excavation of an ancient ring, it’s believed the ring inspired The Lord Of The Rings trilogy.