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TIL there is an Iraqi version of “Punk’d” where they plant fake bombs in celebrity’s cars.

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ANM4a TIL that Admiral Spruance and Vice Admiral Mitscher were forbidden from attending the signing of the Japanese surrender at the end of WW2 because Nimitz was worried a spiteful final kamikaze might wipe out the entire Allied Pacific Command
dGrK TIL that in WWII nine American pilots crashed into a small island in Japan called Chichijima. 8 of the 9 were murdered, 5 of those 8 were cannibalized. The lone survivor was George H.W. Bush.
nLlb TIL 70% of wealthy US families lose their wealth by the second generation, and a stunning 90% by the third. “Generation Threes are usually doomed.” “It takes the average recipient of an inheritance 19 days until they buy a new car.”
XpdQ TIL J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb”, once confessed that he left a poisoned apple on his tutor’s desk.
jNJAn TIL that the Teddy Bear was named after Theodore Roosevelt when a political cartoon was released showing his refusal to kill a helpless bear deeming it "unsportsmanlike".