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TIL: The Ambiguously Gay Duo were voiced by Steve Carrell and Stephen Colbert

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9wX4M TIL about Hongwu Emperor, the founder of Chinese Ming Dynasty. He was born in a poor peasant family and had his entire family die from famine when he was 16, he spent a few years as a homeless beggar but eventually joined rebels and rose through ranks until emperorship.
rNQmx TIL that U.S. flamethrower units had up to a 92% casualty rate on Iwo Jima, leaving few troops trained to use the weapon
81EV TIL Al Gore’s daughter wrote an episode of Futurama
4kXm6 TIL Pigeons can see their butts and faces at the same time because they have 360/2D vision (almost)
JYNrm TIL: A typical kitchen sponge has about the same bacterial density per cm as an average human stool.