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TIL Mr. Yuk was chosen by asking children what images they liked best. Mr. Yuk almost always was least liked by kids.

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rNRv0 TIL that the states of Mississippi and Alabama were originally part of the state of Georgia until officially recognized in 1802 when the state of Georgia accepted their borders and the territory of Mississippi which would later become the states of Mississippi and Alabama was formed.
E118w TIL The Icelandic for 'sleep' is sofa.
BrapL TIL of Jacklyn Lucas, a Marine who jumped on two grenades and survived. Joining at the age of 14, he buried the first grenade in the ash, laid on it, and then grabbed another one and buried it too. Despite having 250 pieces of shrapnel and 26 surgeries, he survived.
KObXw TIL that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch contains around 80 million kg of floating plastic debris of various size and shape, principally made of Polyethylene and Polypropylene, accumulated in an area 3 times the size of continental France.
VMGP4 TIL that The Avengers was a real team of jewish assassins. The Nakam (which roughly translates to The Avengers) sought out to get revenge on those, who they deemed responsible for holocaust.