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

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nW7aP TIL that when the Martini originated a century ago, the ratio of gin to vermouth was 2:1. Today the typical ratio is 6:1 or higher
5apn TIL In 1107 King Sigurd I of Norway launched a crusade that fought in Spain, the Mediterranean, and the Holy Land. They won every battle they participated in.
6PmJ TIL there exists a mysterious fruit-tree species in Arkansas discovered by science in 1990, who is only the second of its kind, with its closest relative being in Europe. It exists only in a 22 acre area, there are only 25 trees left of its kind and no one knows where it came from.
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