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TIL Rhea Perlman moved in with Danny DeVito two weeks after meeting him in 1971, and they have been together ever since.

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Lr1r TIL The Japanese Army used 3,500 tons of snow to create a Star Wars mural
NXoO1 TIL that the male descendants of the House of Savoy, which ruled the Kingdom of Italy until 1946, were banned to set foot in Italy until 2002
J1m0v TIL: During the 1946 Alcatraz prison riot, U.S. Marines from nearby Treasure Island were called in to help end the uprising. While the Posse Comitatus Act limited Army use in civilian matters, Marines were not explicitly bound by it—making them a fast military option for federal emergencies.
NXA7N TIL that when "The Pirate Queen" Grace O'Malley's sons were taken captive by the English, she convinced Queen Elizabeth to free them AND let O'Malley continue her piratical activities as long as she also defended the Crown
E106V TIL Neil Armstrong resigned from NASA to take a teaching job, where he stayed for more than eight years—longer than his career as an astronaut. As part of a research group that included physician Henry Heimlich, he helped to design an artificial heart-lung system based on Apollo technology