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TIL the # 1 movie in China right now is ‘Battle at Lake Changjin', which glorifies a U.S. defeat collecting $890 million in ticket sales.

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M7kgb TIL the test pilot for the first fighter jet would fly dressed as a gorilla in a hat to allow US Air Force psychologists to gaslight other pilots into believing they hadn't witnessed a “gorilla, wearing a derby hat, waving a stogie at them” flying a fast-moving plane without a propeller
oRrQE TIL that Varina Davis, the First Lady of the Confederate States of America, was personally opposed to slavery and doubted the Confederacy could ever succeed. After her husband’s death, she moved to New York City and wrote that “the right side had won the Civil War.”
0wp7R TIL about Danny the Street, a DC hero that is a sentient street that can teleport. He crossdresses, by lining the streets with gun shops with frilly lace. He reverts to become a brick, kills a god, becomes a planet, then turns into an ambulance.
RDy9 TIL Anytime you see an ingredients list that includes carmine, cochineal extract or natural red 4, the product contains crushed up bugs.
MeJD8 TIL that one of the oldest aquarium fish in the world was a black pacu named Buttkiss. Black Pacus are related to piranhas and generally live 20 years. Buttkiss lived at Cameo Pet Shop in NYC for over 40 years.