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TIL that if the genealogy of the early Germanic chroniclers is true, Queen Elizabeth II is descended from the god Odin

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0dm4A TIL that Halle Berry turned down the starring role in Speed that went to Sandra Bullock
4XyaN TIL During WWII, large corporations like Bosch and Daimler Benz, unequivocally supported goals of Hitler’s regime and its war effort in exchange for advantageous contracts, subsidies and in exchange was allowed to use slave labor from occupied countries, which accounted for one quarter of workforce
v1gl4 TIL Jesse Brown, the first USN black aviator, was killed after his F4U Corsair was hit by Chinese fire and crashed near Chosin Reservoir on 12/4/1950. His wingman, Thomas Hudner, purposely crashed his plane to try & save him and in doing so, was the only USN pilot in the Korean War to receive a MOH.
BYBe TIL when filming Return of the Jedi, Carrie Fischer would get quite concerned for Warrick Davis, who was only 11 years old at the time, being in that hot Ewok suit, so she would have chocolate milk and cookies ready for him whenever they took a brake
mxlKR TIL Japanese embassy in Paris has a 24 hour helpline, for their citizens who didn’t find Paris as expected.