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TIL Bruce Willis only agreed to guest star on FRIENDS after losing a bet with his “The Whole Nine Yards” co-star Mathew Perry. He played Jennifer Aniston’s love interest on a 3 episode arc and won an Emmy for his performance. He donated his acting fee to five charities.

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WK79 TIL French mercenary Bob Denard participated in conflicts in Indochina, Algeria, Rhodesia, Yemen Iran Nigeria Benin Gabon Angola Zaire & The Comoros. In 1968 he invaded Katanga with 100 men on bicycles. He led 4 coups in The Comoros including once taking control of the country in 3 hours with 30 men
oBZbR TIL that the pansy is quite a durable flower, able to survive with little water and freezing temperatures, despite its derogatory use as an "unmanly" or spineless person.
VBp5k TIL that David Dao, the doctor who was forcefully removed from United Airlines Flight 3411, was also a popular musician back in Vietnam.
wvx8 TIL that Satoru Iwata, while CEO of Nintendo, spent 3 weeks debugging Super Smash Bros. Melee so that it released on time
GYAB1 TIL of the Lead Mask Case: the unsolved death of two men found on a hilltop wearing lead eye masks with no apparent injuries. A nearby notebook was found to contain the message '16:30 be at the specified location. 18:30 ingest capsules, after the effect protect metals await signal'