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TIL Barry Nelson was the first actor to portray James Bond on screen

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4bwb TIL televangelist Pat Robertson diverted charitable donations meant to aid post genocide Rawanda to fund the operation of blood diamond mines.
nejJP TIL Nazi Germany spent 50% more on the V2 rocket program than the U.S. did on the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb
9wOam TIL King Fahad Intl AirPort in Saudi Arabia has an area of nearly 766 sq km making it the largest airport in the World, larger than entire Bahrain
NX04P TIL Tarantino had originally cast Simon Pegg in Michael Fassbender's role in Inglorious Basterds
K7eJ TIL : A full grown wild Alaskan Wolf would come to play with dogs. It even had a stash of toys; it would bring a styrofoam float over for a man to throw. The wolf was called Romeo by locals and died in 2010 after 6 years of this behaviour