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TIL that 35% of British adults sleep with a teddy bear
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TIL the animal characters in the Jungle Book were named with the Hindi name for what animal they are. And that loosely translated Shere Khan means Tiger King
Alga
TIL that Jeffrey Jones, best known for playing principal Edward Rooney in ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,’ has been arrested on multiple occasions for employing a 14-year-old boy to pose for sexual photos and subsequently failing to update his sex offender registration
M74xW
TIL In 1864 during the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia, a Union and Confederate soldier got into a fistfight to settle their disagreement on who was the other's prisoner. The brawl made both armies pause the entire battle just so they could watch them fight.
oYn8
TIL that Hans and Margret Rey, two jews, fled Paris in 1940 on bicycles Hans had built. They escaped just hours before the Nazis seized Paris. Among the few possessions they carried was the illustrated manuscript of the first Curious George book, which they would later get published in New York.
VBGk4
TIL those gum containers are called "bottles"