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TIL the first major studio film to use the word; “fuck” was MASH. It was blurted out by actor John Schuck, who was encouraged to ad lib by the director, Robert Altman.

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9Y6L6 TIL that there is a battery-powered bell that was set up in 1840 and has run nearly continuously ever since. It holds the Guinness World Record as "the world's most durable battery delivering ceaseless tintinnabulation (a ringing or tinkling sound).
QNKBe TIL there were sailor cats, which traveled aboard ships with the task of eliminating rodents.
gMmy TIL doctors in the last decade have stopped removing the appendix during other surgical procedures as a routine precaution, because it can be successfully transplanted into the urinary tract to rebuild a sphincter muscle and reconstruct a functional bladder
yVLkv TIL that getting water from a war zone (the DMZ) is approved by the South Korean military.
Mo48 TIL Vernors is actually the oldest soda still being sold. It predates Dr. Pepper by 19 years.