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

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VMo6G TIL of the "Blue Java" banana, a hardy, cold-tolerant banana said to have a consistency like ice cream and a flavor similar to vanilla.
JYjnl TIL about a town in Pennsylvania named Phoenixville that celebrates their town every year by burning down a giant wooden bird.
olVL TIL Hitler ever only received about 37% of the popular vote
Vldm TIL There was so much fighting on the Normandy beaches on D-Day, that it is estimated about 4% of the sand is actually shrapnel
XEDaE TIL that news channels owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group are required to do 'must-run' segments. Which is a centralized system of mandating news stories, reports or segments at all 193 (soon 233) stations that SBG owns