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TIL that a boy didn’t want to wear a hearing aid because “Super heroes don’t.” To get him to wear it Marvel Comics created a super hero with a hearing aid: “Blue Ear”

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d8NBQ TIL that Alma, Arkansas (self-declared "Spinach Capital of the World") has a giant, bronze Popeye statue in the middle of Popeye Park that was unveiled in 2007 during their annual Spinach Festival.
M7jXW TIL that several countries outside of the U.S call American football "Gridiron"
neQ0o Today I learned that when you eat pineapple and your tongue begins to hurt it is due to the fact that the pineapple is eating you back thanks to bromelain.
8aA6b TIL about Leo major, a Canadian soldier who captured 100 German soldiers at d-day and later in Holland captured a city all by himself.
EJp7 TIL the “bye! have a beautiful time!” guy at the end of American Dad is Security Officer Peña, a Venezuelan-American who worked at the office buildings where Family Guy and American Dad! are produced.