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TIL one of The Rock's earliest acting roles was fighting Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager

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abEL TIL that the FBI learned two of its informants were planning to murder a rival gangster. The FBI didn’t intervene, and the man was murdered. The FBI then stayed silent when four innocent men were convicted of the crime. By the time the truth was revealed, two of the four men had died in prison.
Z8L6v TIL Dave Bickler, original lead singer of the band Survivor, spent his later career focusing on voice over and vocal work in advertisements, notably Bud Light's Real Men of Genius commercial series.
l7OwV TIL from 1804 to 1805, Diamond Rock, an islet near the French island of Martinique, became the HMS Diamond Rock, a stone frigate of the British Royal Navy
wABJ TIL Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a female Soviet sniper with 309 credited kills, toured the US in 1942 to gain support for a second front in Nazi-occupied Europe; the press was more interested in her appearance and if she wore make-up on the front lines.
61QY TIL Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson once published his bank details in a national newspaper to prove it was safe. Later a large donation was made to animal charity in his name.