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TIL "ZIG-ZAG Man" of rolling papers fame is based on the story of a French North African soldier (Zouave) whose smoking pipe was shattered by a stray bullet during the battle of Sevastopol so he rolled his tobacco using a piece of paper torn from a musket cartridge.

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wAj8 TIL Tokyo has a self-declared superhero who calls himself Mangetsu Man. He keeps his identity secret by wearing a purple bodysuit, with a big yellow smiley head; and his self-described job is to keep the city trash free.
VmAZ TIL Pearl Jam’s song “Jeremy” is based on a true story where a high school student committed suicide in front of his class.
d8nmr TIL the U.S. didn’t have a designated presidential security detail until 3 presidents had already been assasinated.
e0W0g TIL that working memory operates phonologically which helps Chinese speaking people to remember more digits than English speakers because Chinese number words are all single syllables whereas words in English aren’t.
WkopL TIL that Domhnall Gleeson, who played Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter movies, is the son of Brendan Gleeson, who played Mad-Eye Moody.