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TIL Bela Lugosi, who portrayed Dracula in many films, was actually born in Transylvania

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mxWlP TIL of the gulf war gameboy. As if the console's long lifespan from 1989-003 wasn't impressive enough. A soldier's gameboy suffered a bomb explosion and was still fully playable.
PYomw TIL Elijah Wood, Sean Bean, and Orlando Bloom were flying out of Newark airport on September 11, 2001 and saw the world trade center in flames from the air.
E19Nw TIL that during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in the 40s, an American named Claire Phillips ran Manila's hottest nightclub which was a front for a spy ring that funneled information from drunk Japanese officers to guerilla groups outside the city.
xV49k TIL: If following USDA guidelines strictly, it is impossible to meet their potassium and sodium intake recommendations at the same time.
6rvJ TIL that Elon Musk considers himself “nauseatingly pro-American” and that the USA is “[inarguably] the greatest country that has ever existed on Earth”