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TIL the prune industry asked the FDA to relabel prunes as “dried plums” because “prunes” weren’t selling. It worked.

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aw4Wy TIL that the pirate Benjamin Hornigold once raided a merchant ship just to steal the hats from the ship's crew because his crew had gotten too drunk the night before and had thrown their hats overboard.
kJOX5 TIL Hitler frequently used crystal meth
DQaVD TIL: Ionization smoke detectors, one of the two most common home smoke detectors, contain radioactive material (americium-241) to detect smoke. There is no health threat as long as the detector is used as directed and not damaged.
yPll TIL “The Learning Channel” was originally founded in 1972 by the Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare and NASA
KYdga TIL: There is a wooden statue of Rambo from First Blood, in Hope, BC, Canada to commemorate the filming of the movie there.