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TIL the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress' official nickname is "BUFF" which is an acronym for "Big Ugly Fat Fucker"

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woY76 TIL that the practice of growing flowers or crops on land that the gardeners do not have the legal right to use is called "Guerrilla Gardening". Motivations include protest, food production, and urban beautification.
e05AL Til whales ancestors used to live and walk on land
grmgD TIL about The Stoned Ape theory, which hypothesizes that apes might have consumed psilocybin mushrooms that kick started rapid brain evolution.
5Vx4k TIL First Interstate Bancorp and First Interstate Bank were separate companies, and that First Interstate Bank still exists, headquartered in Montana. First Interstate Bancorp was purchased by Wells Fargo.
x6JE5 TIL that the Thai monarchy hasn't always been so powerful. From 1935 to 1957 Thailand was virtually a republic. The king was restored during the Cold War as the figurehead of an anticommunist military dictatorship.