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TIL Harrison Ford isn’t grumpy in all his interviews, he actually suffers from anxiety and a fear of public speaking.

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oBKpE TIL the Japanese Imperial Family has a staff of more than 1,000 people (47 servants per royal). 30 gardeners, 25 chefs, 40 chauffeurs as well as 78 builders, plumbers and electricians. The Emperor has four doctors on standby 24 hours a day, five men manage his wardrobe and 11 assists in Shinto rites
GY1rE TIL that the Retail Credit Company’s public image took such a beating after a series of congressional testimonies that they changed their name. Today, they are known as Equifax
obLE TIL that, with the German Sixth Army hopelessly surrounded in Stalingrad in 1943, Hitler promoted their commander Friedrich Paulus to field marshal. There was no precedent of a German field marshal surrendering; Hitler had effectively ordered Paulus to commit suicide.
OoaX7 TIL that Native Americans started the practice of reloading bullet cartridges during the Indian Wars. US military authorities found out and ordered all US soldiers to stomp on their fires cartridges after being fired. Frontiersmen took advantage of this and sold overpriced shells to the natives.
egR6 TIL Rapper Busta Rhymes voiced Reptar from Rugrats