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TIL gummy worms were invented in 1981 by Trolli, the German candy company.

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e0Mr4 TIL There's a French war song, the "Song of the Onion" which goes "I love the onion when it's fried with oil, I love the onion when it's good [...] But no onions for the Austrians." which originated when Napoleon commended his soldiers for eating onions before the Battle of Marengo.
GMm7 TIL that popular holiday plants poinsettias, mistletoe, and holly can cause health issues for cats if ingested.
ANdEw TIL the Andy Griffeth show was a spinoff of another show that ran from 1953-1964 and starred an actor born as Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz
R7wn7 TIL about Harry Wesley Coover Jr who discovered super glue (cyanoacrylate) in 1942. He ignored it as being too sticky for what he needed. He then rediscovered it in 1956 while at Eastman Kodak who put it into production. It gained notoriety in the Vietnam War as a way to close battlefield wounds.
m1RPy TIL Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions in Vietnam. Despite being hit by grenade, shot several times, and stabbed, for a total of 37 major wounds, Sergeant Benavidez managed to rescue 12 of his fellow soldiers.