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TIL that Robert Downey Jr is an avid practitioner of Wing Chun, which he attributes to helping him maintain his sobriety

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yp4p TIL that a family went into hiding from Soviets in Siberia after WWI. And weren’t found for over 40 years, unaware of WWII, the space race, or plastic bags
NXyG8 TIL that the Cuvier's beaked whale has the deepest and longest recorded dives of any mammal, having been measured at 2,992 m (9,816 ft) and 222 minutes.
p8nLb TIL When Michael Collins remained in the lunar module, he was in Orbit on the "other" side of the moon. He was cut off from all radio contact, the most alone any human has ever been.
MeRLB TIL that after the American Civil war some 10,000 to 20,000 Confederates fled to Brazil, founding the city of Americana near São Paulo. Today their descendents called "Confederados" have an annual festival marked by Confederate flags, uniforms, hoop skirts, and foods like fried chicken.
woKO7 TIL that during the revolutionary war, significantly more African Americans fought for the British than did for the Americans. These fighters would be coined as Black Loyalists.