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TIL Samwise's (Sean Astin) dad is Gomez Addams (John Astin)

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74bM TIL of Freddie Oversteegen, a girl with the Dutch Resistance who would seduce nazis and lead them into the woods where they would be killed
a8roN TIL about 20% of all classified mammal species can fly, because there’s over 1,200 species of bats.
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