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TIL During one week in November 1994, Tim Allen simultaneously starred in the highest grossing film (The Santa Clause), topped the New York Times best-seller list with his book Don’t Stand Too Close to a Naked Man, and appeared in the top rated television series (Home Improvement)

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EA8w TIL: 87 years ago, there was a day that the BBC had no news to report. So they just played piano music.
WZ8N TIL a teenage colonist girl was captured in 1755 by the Shawnee, given to the Seneca, fully assimilated into their culture, helped supply the Mohawks against the rebels in the American Revolution, helped negotiate for the Seneca after their defeat, and lived to the age of 90 with the Seneca Nation
jQQ TIL that in most Nordic countries there are laws called “Every man’s rights” which state that it is legal to trespass, camp, fish and pick berries on public and private lands.
XEvm6 TIL lawns take up a roughly equally sized area of the US as Texas does
GjK7 TIL in WWII the wife of a Russian Officer found out her husband was killed in action and wrote a letter to Stalin stating: She build a tank, wants revenge on “the fascist dogs”, Stalin’s permission for her to be sent to the frontline and to name her tank ‘FIGHTING GIRLFRIEND’. Stalin said yes.