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TIL Bing Crosby was refused a hotel room for wearing jeans so Levis made him a jean jacket - the Canadian Tuxedo was born

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nWWl9 TIL that a Nigerian-born man named August Brown took part in the Warsaw uprising in 1944, WW2
QJgp TIL Once Rowan Atkinson, known as Mr. Bean, saved a plane crash when the pilot of his private jet fainted mid-flight.
R5BX4 Today I learned that Goku from the anime Dragon Ball has been voiced by the same voice actress, Masako Nozawa, since the first show started in 1986. She has voiced him in all the tv shows, video games and movies and also voices his sons. She is currently 88.
kWZE TIL the deadliest sniper in history was a small farmer from Finland named Simo Häyhä, who got over 500 kills in just over 100 days, used no scope, and survived getting shot in the face with an exploding round.
GZeE TIL: In 1999 the New York Mets head coach was ejected, but came back with a disguise for the rest of the game.