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TIL Ringo Starr narrated the first two seasons of Thomas the Tank Engine (Thomas and Friends)!

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LkNkv TIL a man handmade his own postage stamps featuring his face for years to mail letters all over the world, and was never found out.
nNwG TIL Israel’s nuclear policy is NOT to “nuke the entire world” in the event it’s attacked. Israel’s policy is to not even comment on whether or not they have nuclear weapons, let alone what they would do with them if attacked.
99K6 TIL In 2005 the Mexican Army crossed into US territory for the first time since WWII, to help feed victims of Hurricane Katrina
nOgP TIL the Canadian flag has only existed since 1965
QA8k TIL the little girl who sang “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” actually got one, thanks to a newspaper campaign. She gave it to the local zoo and it lived there for 47 years.