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TIL Hershey's once developed a chocolate bar for the US Army that would remain solid up to 49C (120F) and was poison gas proof but was also very bitter to prevent soldiers from eating it unless in an emergency. Troops called it "Hitler's Secret Weapon" because of what it would do to their bowels.

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M7wXB TIL in 1970, actress Patty Duke was sleeping with 3 men prior to the birth of her son. Desi Arnaz Jr, actor John Astin and promoter Michael Tell. She married Tell, told her son Arnaz Jr was the father and John Astin ended up adopting the child, who would go on to become actor Sean Astin.
BkjL TIL Dwayne Johnson was set to star in a movie about Hawaiian warrior-king Kamehameha, but was pulled because he’s Samoan, with the producer saying, “It would be a great taboo for the part to go to a nationality that was a fierce enemy of the Hawaiians during that time.”
R7n79 TIL of Stendhal syndrome which is a psychosomatic disorder that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to an experience of great personal significance, particularly viewing art.
5YAnp TIL that Grace Slick, singer of Jefferson Airplane, conspired a plot to spike Richard Nixon’s drink with 600 micrograms of LSD at a White House tea party. She was denied entry, but not before her companion hung a huge black flag with a marijuana leaf on the WH gate.
V9Lk TIL that in 2011, Adam Sandler won the Golden Raspberry Award for BOTH worst male and female actor for his role in Jack and Jill