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TIL That Israel actually calculates a daily allowed caloric intake for the Palestinians in Gaza.

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LkxWZ TIL that the reason Mr. T wore so many gold chains and jewelry was because customers would lose the items or leave them at the night club where he worked as a bouncer. He would stand outside the club wearing the items in case a customer came back looking for them so that he could return the items.
7ynM TIL the Presidential motorcade has 15 defined roles, including one car that is known as the “CAT” which carries a counter-assault team named “Hawkeye Renegade.”
A7ew TIL 57% of the men mobilised in World War I died
v1OGD TIL when John Williams first played Steven Spielberg the theme song for 'Jaws,' the director laughed and thought it was a joke. He then asked Williams if he could try something a little more swashbuckling, but luckily the composer was able to convince him otherwise.
AoDa TIL while recording “I Put A Spell On You”, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins was so intoxicated, he blacked out with no memory of the session afterwards. In order to perform it the same way, he had to relearn the song from the drunken recording. It became his biggest commercial success.