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TIL, there is a tiny island in Japan overflowing with friendly bunnies

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M7xAb TIL that the British SAS was originally a fake regiment used to deceive Axis intelligence and was made real in 1941 by David Stirling who wanted a rogue regiment. Their first successful mission was stealing euipment (including a piano) from a New Zealand base
b9RV4 TIL of Grigori Perelman, a Russian mathematician who proved the Poincaré conjecture (one of the Millennium Prize problems). He later quit his job, turned down the $1 million prize as well as the Fields Medal, and is thought to have withdrawn from the field of mathematics entirely.
wLmYY TIL The international parking sign was first designed for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
8aWkK TIL about Gregory Peck's role in The Omen (1976). One of the reasons why he accepted the role of a tortured father, conflicted with guilt, was because he hadn't been around when his son Jonathon committed suicide in 1975.
REKl TIL that usted in Spanish comes from the phrase “vuestra Merced” which means “your lordship” explaining why it’s grouped with el/ella grammatically. Your Majesty is often used with third person verb forms, such as “Is your Majesty comfortable?”