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TIL that M.U.S.C.L.E. men toys from the 1980s were actually rebranded Kinnikumen for the western market

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16vdV Today I learned about Jean-Marie Loret, the alleged illegitimate son of Adolf Hilter.
VMJk0 TIL that Karl Marx wasn't aware of advances being made in differential calculus and developed the concepts himself while writing his mathematical manuscripts
b6kKN TIL that the songwriter Bob Dylan was awarded the 2016 Nobel prize in literature for "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"
KOaBQ TIL the use of the term "starboard" to denote the right side of a ship is so-called because they were originally navigated with a steering oar on that side. “stéor bord” in Old English literally means “steering side”. When tying up, the dock always had to be positioned on the left, hence “port”.
eppKk TIL in 1972 a traveling circus set up in the village of Uquakwa, IL. Overnight, their elephant was tethered to a tree in the park. Lightning struck and killed the elephant. The panicked Circus owners packed up all of their gear, and scurried out of town, leaving the 6500 lb dead Pachyderm behind.