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TIL that the WWF wrestler Ludwig Borga AKA Tony Halme released a rap album whilst working as a representative in the Finnish Parliament

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K1R6 TIL that Belgian fort Eben-Emael was thought to be impregnable before WW2. The world’s largest fortress was designed to stop a German invasion and take months to break. It was so large … that in May 1940 the Luftwaffe landed gliders on its roof, and captured Eben-Emael from the top in 30 hours.
P1Lpw TIL that Deltora Quest, the Children's Fantasy Books by Australian Writer Emily Rodda, Has Its Own Anime, Which Started Airing 2 Years After the Series Ended, from 2007-2008, and has 13 Episodes of Original Content Not Found in the Books. It Even Spawned a Nintendo DS Game, Released Only in Japan.
BraXL TIL a 2011 study showed that a group of 4 year olds had a temporary lapse in cognitive function after watching 9 minutes of SpongeBob
bmE7 TIL That clownfish are ‘sequential hermaphrodites’, meaning that if Finding Nemo were more accurate, Nemo’s father would’ve turned into his mother after the real mother died, Nemo would’ve become the new reproducing male, “and they would raise little incestuous Nemos together.”
LkGRm Til There’s a Hybrid between a Polar and Grizzly Bear called a “Prizly” or a “Grolar” Bear