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TIL Anne Frank was bisexual and wrote extensively about her attraction to both men and women. The common version of her diaries are censored for this content.

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xVJdg TIL Bea Arthur (Dorothy) was one year older than Estelle Getty (Sophia) and Rue McClanahan was 10 years younger then the rest of the cast.
oRmQR TIL that Orson Welles was originally supposed to voice "Star Wars" villain Darth Vader, but the role was ultimately given to James Earl Jones as George Lucas feared that Welles’ voice would be too recognizable.
DQonV TIL Florida's Punta Gorda Airport has a plane fire simulator that looks really real as you drive by on the highway.
lWV5 TIL that sending the New Horizons space probe to Pluto on a 15 year mission costs less than building the new Minnesota Vikings stadium
VMOw8 TIL French banks are still using a very old rule to calculate Bank accounts Interest on a Biweekly basis, and none have implemented a daily calculation yet. Back in the days bankers were manually doing accounting twice a month.