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TIL Super-size me creator Morgan Spurlock’s ex wife who was shown in the film as a vegan chef, later revealed that she had been sneaking in meat for years

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8kgZ TIL- Emperor Hirohito of Japan was a huge fan of Mickey Mouse. He was given a Mickey Mouse watch as a gift during his special tour of Disneyland in 1975. For years, even on formal occasions, His Majesty was observed wearing the watch.
Gbe7 TIL Private companies are now providing trained birds of prey to take down hostile drones and protect their clients’ airspace
nWjao TIL kangaroos keep cool by licking their balls.
dDE58 TIL in 1965, Pastor Shuttlesworth was arrested for leading a march in Birmingham. The Supreme Court overturned the ruling, saying the law was so broad that a person "may stand on a sidewalk only at the whim of any officer of that city."
d8j9E TIL that the distance from the top of Africa to the bottom (5000 miles) is the same distance as London to Beijing, China (5055 miles). Senegal in west Africa is closer to Jamaica across the Atlantic than Somalia in east Africa.