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TIL that Carrie-Anne Moss, who starred as Trinity in The Matrix (1998), also starred years earlier in a TV years called Matrix (1993).

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9MPG TIL Shirley Temple was an ambassador to Czechoslovakia & Ghana, survived breast cancer, served on the board of directors of Bank of America and was a candidate for the House of Representatives. REST IN PEACE
6NLm TIL that in the days after 9/11 Walmart purchased all available stock of American flags gaining a monopoly on the market.
GYNME TIL about Monte Melkonian, an American citizen, who joined the Nagorno-Karabakh war in the early 90’s. With little military experience he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in command of 4 thousand men. He is recognized as a hero in Armenia with statues standing today in his honor.
4XYnb TIL the Comanche code word for Adolf Hitler (used by the Code Talkers during WWII) was “crazy white man.”
D1ZDe TIL hat-makers in the 19th century regularly used mercury in the manufacturing of felt hats, which caused a high rate of poisoning and led to neurological damage like slurred speech, memory loss, and tremors. This was the inspiration for the Mad Hatter character in Alice in Wonderland.