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TIL Toronto Maple Leafs player Ryan Reaves is the great-great-great grandson of famous old west lawman Bass Reaves

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JY7jj TIL R. Lee Ermey did such a stellar job with his performance in Stanley Kubrick's 'Full Metal Jacket,' that he only needed 2 or 3 takes to get his scenes right. This was extremely rare for Kubrick who, as a perfectionist, was known to do well over 100 takes for his scenes.
d8ORE TIL Martin Luther King Sr was also a civil rights activist who lived until 1984
lo4Gr TIL that France has inheritance laws that automatically give a significant portion of inheritance to each child and children cannot be disowned in the will
R5rK4 TIL about Kinjirō Ashiwara, a self-proclaimed emperor of Japan who rose to celebrity status
p8ree TIL of Wilfred Wood, a private serving in the British Army during WW1 who, 100 years ago to the day, single handedly overran 2 enemy encampments using only his Lewis gun and forced the surrender of 300 enemy soldiers. For this bravery, he was awarded the Victoria Cross.