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TIL that Flea from The Red Hot Chili Peppers was not only Nihilist # 2 in The Big Lebowski, he was also Marty McFly’s rival Needles in Back to the Future Part II and III.

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GYxAj TIL That The Phillipines celebrate Republic day on July 4. Originally their Independence Day. The country that they gained independence from is the United States.
M71e8 TIL: In 2008, Japan sent sakura(cherry blossom) seeds to the ISS and it spent 8 months onboard. After reaching the planet Earth, they planted those seeds from where they were collected and surprisingly, the tree bloomed in just 4 years instead of 10 and the flowers bloomed with 6 petals instead of 5
YwmP TIL The allies used a ghost inflatable army to trick Hitlers forces.
mwnP TIL Joan Garcia, a WW2 double-agent spying for Britain was so successful that Hitler personally awarded him an Iron Cross before King George gave him an Order of the British Empire. Germany never discovered his lies, making him one if not the only person to get such honors from both countries.
GAoP7 TIL that the national animal of Scotland is a unicorn.