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TIL: Tobey Maguire's Dad was a bankrobber in 1993

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9xAm TIL that Liberace never publicly admitted that he was homosexual, and on more than one occasion sued a publication for implying that he was.
d8dQr TIL that porcupines sometimes fall out of trees and injure themselves on their own quills. As a result, they have evolved to produce a topical antibiotic on their quills to protect against infection from self-wounds.
9wQXG TIL something that is RECURRING happens over and over again, at regular intervals. In contrast, something that is REOCCURRING is simply happening again but not always repeatedly.
NXkmQ TIL from 1807 to 1890 the tiny archipelago of Heligoland in the North Sea was controlled by the British Empire. The British gained control during the Napoleonic Wars, and the islands were ceded to Germany in 1890 in return for various colonial holdings in East Africa.