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TIL : While filming Robocop (1987), producers, in lieu of paying a rental fee to owners of the Pittsburgh steel mill featured in the film, donated $10,000 to a local Pittsburgh food bank

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4XOv5 TIL that in 1973, Johnny Carson created a fake joke about a nationwide toilet paper shortage, unintentionally causing a real shortage of toilet paper across the country.
KOmW4 TIL before the WWII Battle of Okinawa, the Japanese military forced Okinawan boys as young as 14 to fight against the US invasion. They weren't expected to win so the boys were given suicide missions. The only weapon most were given were 2 grenades - one for the US solders the other for themselves.
1a8Jd TIL wood frogs are the only frogs that live north of the Arctic circle. Their deep-freeze period can extend up to 8 months a year, making them among the longest hibernators of any vertebrate. Wood frogs are able to survive long harsh winters owing to a buildup of glucose and urea in their systems.
16ndX TIL factories use radioisotopic gauges to measure the amount of air that is whipped into ice cream and how much soda is poured into a bottle.
awYkN TIL of Toregene Khatun, the Great Khatun and regent of the Mongol Empire from 1241 to 1246. Never before, or since, has such a large empire been ruled by woman. During that time there were women on almost every highest positions in the empire. Surprisingly, none of them had been born Mongol.