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TIL at age 17, Brock Lesnar joined the Army National Guard, where he was assigned to an office job after his red-green colorblindness was deemed hazardous to his desire to work with explosives

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nLkY TIL that Norway has something called ‘folkehøyskole’ aka 'people’s college’ where you pay $70,000 a year to live on the school’s property, go to classes of your choice of no academic value, have no exams and take trips to different locations through the year.It’s basically a year-long summercamp.
j4mj TIL that a father wrote 4 self-published novels about James Potter and his generation of wizards. They have been sanctioned by J.K. Rowling and are available for free online.
PJon TIL that a couple of PETA members, after attending an anti-hunting campaign, wrecked into a deer. They followed up by suing the New Jersey Game Department claiming that their deer management program was to blame.
16xMV TIL that one man has single-handedly mapped over 90% of the River Thames.
9Yb0r TIL that during the filming of the movie "Rounders", when John Malkovich realized that Matt Damon noticed his awful Russian accent while playing "Teddy KGB", he admitted to Damon "I am a terrible actor."