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TIL that 100 year old actor, Dick Van Dyke, was 18 when he learned that his parents lied to him about his birth date. He thought he was born in March, but was actually born in December. They lied to him to cover up the fact that he was a love child and was conceived out of wedlock.

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TIL that 100 year old actor, Dick Van Dyke, was 18 when he learned that his parents lied to him about his birth date. He thought he was born in March, but was actually born in December. They lied to him to cover up the fact that he was a love child and was conceived out of wedlock.

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TIL that Canadian hockey player Ivan “Ching” Johnson (1897-1979) didn’t start playing competitive hockey until he was in his 20s and was nearly 30 when he broke into the NHL. He then went on to become a fan favourite, played more than 430 games, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958.

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TIL that the warm water cooling pools at the Miami Nuclear Plant became a prime habitat for the American crocodile to the point they played a major role in bringing the species back from the brink of extinction.

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