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TIL Kurdish forces allegedly volunteered to join the Allied Forces during WWII, but the offer was declined

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YrAd TIL that Finland celebrates “National Sleepy Head Day”, where the last person to in the house to wake up is thrown into water by the early risers.
VMjVB TIL the first series produced by Cartoon Network was Space Ghost Coast to Coast in 1994 and is considered instrumental in establishing Cartoon Network's appeal to older audiences.
gRl7 TIL that a special flight suit called the “2suit” was invented to allow intimacy in space. It was marketed as “one small step for humankind colonizing the universe.”
d81Rj TIL that baby and children’s brains look/seem to function very similarly to an adult brain on psychedelics (LSD, psilocybin, etc)
7rbRP TIL there is a man-made lake called "Ewok Lake" on the Skywalker Ranch owned by George Lucas