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TIL Elijah Wood was 18 when he started filming as Frodo

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OGj4Y TIL that Robert Lewandowski was named by his father so it would be easier for him to travel abroad as a professional footballer.
Jggm TIL Ronald Reagan once joked on a un-aired NPR broadcast that the US had declared war on Russia, the broadcast was later leaked and caused a portion of the Soviet Army to go on alert for 30 minutes.
rRxD0 TIL that the raccoon life expectancy in the wild is only 1.8 to 3.1 years, depending on the local conditions such as traffic volume, hunting, and weather severity. Captive raccoons have been known to live for more than 20 years.
wxv1 TIL In early 1900s NYC, it was acceptable for gangs of teenagers to swipe and stomp people’s straw hats if worn past Sept 15th. One day in 1922, they started early. People fought back, and 8 days of riots ensued.
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