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TIL Cap'n Crunch's full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch

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78GP7 TIL that the town of Alvira, PA was purchased by the DOD during WW2 & all its residents displaced. They built about 150 bunkers to housed munitions. Today you can find remaining bunkers in State Game Lands 252. (Wear blaze orange!)
R7eo7 Today I learned Nicolas Cage turned down the lead role of Shrek because he didn’t want to be an ogre
9Ye7r TIL Kiwifruits were originally called Chinese gooseberries, as they are native to China. The name was first changed to melonette, which was unpopular because melons were subject to higher tariffs than other fruit. They were renamed kiwifruits in 1959.
xVnWw TIL The giant clam (Tridacna gigas), also called the "bear's paw", is the largest mollusk; it can reach a length of 1.2 m and a weight of more than 227 kg and have an average lifespan in the wild of over 100 years.
Z8opG TIL that "The Backyardigans" was supposed to be a live-action show called "Me and My Friends".