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TIL Canadian WWI soldiers had violet privates

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KO444 TIL Mr T's real name is Lawrence Tureaud. He changed his name legally to Mr. T based upon childhood impressions regarding the lack of respect from white people for his family. He self-ordained himself Mr. T so the first word out of everybody's mouth is "Mr." which he considered a sign of respect.
4XxaN TIL David Bowie was a big SpongeBob SquarePants fan, and he even starred in one of the animated series' movies.
11JO TIL that a popular slang in French for having your period is “Les Anglais ont debarqué”, or, “The English have landed”.
GALQ4 TIL the internationally recognised start of Earth's second-most recent geological age (the Pleistocene, aka the "Ice Age") is officially defined as the time when a specific species of algae became extinct
goEA TIL that the movie “Escape from Tomorrow” was filmed in its entirety in Disney World, without Disney knowing about it. The actors read their scripts off of cell phones to keep themselves hidden.