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TIL A toilet was used as an aerial bomb during the Vietnam War

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KOYYJ TIL that Flea, bass player and founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, was the voice of Donnie in Nickelodeon's The Wild Thornberrys
nWnNG TIL that egg donors are often mislead about the dangers of the procedure because the industry is so lucrative. Reported long-term effects include "aggressive breast cancer, loss of fertility, and fatal colon cancer."
X0EVr TIL that in 1914, 17 year old Princess Mary decided to distribute tin boxes containing small Christmas gifts to British Empire troops at the frontlines in WW1. After trying to finance it from her own allowance she set up a fund, appealed to the public and raised the equivalent of £17M today.
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BkKd TIL Tom Hanks’ daughter, Elizabeth Hanks appeared in the film Forrest Gump. She was the little girl on the school bus that refused to let Forrest sit next to her.