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TIL Christopher Lee released a power metal album when he was 87 years old.

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x6X4D TIL that a raven named Jimmy was in over 1,000 films from the 1930s to the 1950s. Apparently Jimmy was talented, knowing how to ride a tiny motorcycle and understanding several hundred words. Jimmy earned a gold metal from the Red Cross for entertaining veterans.
X0eaQ TIL that the giant gaming company, "Nintendo" was created in 1889 as the "Yamauchi Nintendo", a playing card manufacturer.
mxerx TIL: The thin skin of soil that covers much of our planet's land stores more amounts of carbon than in all plants and the atmosphere combined
N76jN TIL Harriet Tubman was the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War, leading a raid into South Carolina that rescued 750 enslaved people.
Xj6D TIL of John Capes. In WWII when his submarine sank he swam 170 ft to the surface and swam 5 miles to shore. He then hid from Italians for 18 months before escaping to Turkey.