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TIL: Rebel Wilson pursued an acting career after she contracted malaria and hallucinated that she was a famous actress winning an Oscar.

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9w61G TIL the official spelling of the country Turkey was changed to Türkiye for the UN and the US
Me4B TIL that Leonard Nimoy wrote an autobiography titled “I am Spock” … twenty years after his first autobiograpy “I am not Spock.”
OGorX TIL Union General Philip Kearny devised the first unit insignia patches used in the U.S. Army in 1862, after mistakenly giving orders to soldiers not under his command. Afterward, his men wore a patch of red cloth to identify themselves as members of his unit. Other units quickly adopted the idea.
b9x0E TIL: Two large fake rocks used in a James Bond movie are still outside in Antofagasta, Chile, where moviemakers left them after "Quantum of Solace" filming wrapped.
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