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TIL: The Smurfs has been called "kiddie cocaine" for people growing up during the 1980s.

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B0Dk TIL that at least two people died from the “Ice Bucket Challenge”.
j6onR TIL in 1940, the UK proposed a UK-France merger, so the countries would be seen as a single country for the duration of WW2. This included shared citizenship, resources, defence, and policies. If the proposal was made just a few days earlier, there is belief it would have been carefully considered.
gMgr9 TIL that bees have a stomach specifically for honey. If they get hungry they can turn a valve which allows some of the collected nectar to travel to their stomach.
rGoW TIL that it isn’t “base jumping”, but rather B.A.S.E. jumping. It refers to the four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: building, antenna, span, and Earth (cliff).
1amPD TIL ‘Glass Cliff’ is a phenomenon where women are more likely to be in leadership roles during times of crisis, causing them to have higher chance of failure.