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TIL That Will Ferrell performed for the sequestered OJ Simpson jury while a part of The Groundlings comedy troupe

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VMbaD TIL that unlike the USA, insulting somebody is a crime in many countries, with Germany, Turkey, Russia and Chile having the highest prison sentences for offenders
yA5J TIL that Simon the cat, a feline aboard Royal Navy Ship “The Amethyst” was awarded The Dickin Medal for gallantry under fire. The gallantry? He protected the ship’s food supplies from an infestation of rats.
awdVN TIL the Nazis tried to make a sun gun, or sonnengewehr. They would launch a 100-meter-wide concave mirror into space and use it to reflect sunlight onto the enemy, burning cities, boiling reservoirs and (pretty much) melting people.
4k6B6 TIL In the Philippines, businesses are required to give rank-and-file employees a sort of mandatory Christmas bonus called "13th month pay", due on or before December 24th, which is equal to one month's basic pay, pro-rated for the time they've worked for the business.
vWJK TIL Paul McCartney didn’t allow the Weird Al Yankovic “Live and Let Die” parody entitled “Chicken Pot Pie” because he is a vegetarian. Yankovic, a vegetarian himself, said he respected the decision.