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TIL the total length of the fight between Goku and Frieza in Dragonball Z is 4 hours and 13 minutes

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Lkded TIL that Theodore Roosevelt Jr., son of President Theodore Roosevelt, was the only General to storm the beaches of Normandy in the first wave. He walked the beach with his cane, waiving his pistol, and rallied the troops. He would receive the Medal of Honor for his actions on Utah Beach.
0wBm1 TIL that in the DRC, there is a statue of former president Kabila that was built by North Korea. However, the statue's body and clothes don't really resemble Kabila's, and it is likely that North Korea just recycled a statue of Kim Jong-Il and put Kabila's head on it.
VMXxG TIL when Republican senator, Jesse Helms submitted a 300 page packet to the Senate alleging Martin Luther King Jr. had ties to Communists in an effort to oppose establishing MLK Day, Democratic senator, Daniel Moyniham responded to the "packet of filth" by stomping on it in front of the Senate.
JYlwV TIL Astronauts Don't Snore In Space; the lack of gravity makes it so astronauts snore less while they’re sleeping...less gravity equals less airway obstruction.
XbK8 TIL famous mathematician & scientist Blaise Pascal converted to Catholicism after having a 2-hour mystical experience. He spent the rest of his life mostly writing about theology and apologetics.