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TIL that Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro are the only two actors to win an Oscar for playing the same character. The first played Vito Corleone in The Godfather; the second played Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II.

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kJPd TIL Battle of Longewala in 1972, a company of just 120 Indian soldiers defeated a 2000 strong force of Pakistani Army backed by 50 tanks. Only 2 Indian soldiers died while Pakistan lost 200 soldiers, 36 tanks and close to 100 Vehicles.
L07r TIL that Brigham Young’s son (and namesake) was a cross-dressing singer with a “convincing falsetto”.
NoOP TIL the Federal Reserve Bank isn’t a part of the USA government, but is a private, for-profit corporation. With a monopoly on our money.
YloG TIL that dinosaurs never stepped foot in Florida. The peninsula was submerged underwater until millions of years after they existed.
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