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TIL in 2004 Richard Dean Anderson was made an Honorary Air Force Brigadier General for positive portrayal of the Air Force on Stargate: SG-1

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aw4K0 TIL Seven people have keys with the power to restart the World Wide Web in the event of a catastrophic event.
loOnK TIL of the durian, an Asian fruit. Depending on their genetics, people perceive the fruit as either sweet and delicious, while others find is nauseating. One writer described it as smelling like "pig-shit, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock."
4Xwy5 TIL A condition among waterfowl called angel wing can be caused by eating bread. In ducks and geese with angel wing, their wings become deformed because the carpal joint grows incorrectly making them unable to migrate. instead of bread, feed corn and peas to ducks and geese.
jNVAv TIL that a single Canada Goose has between 20 and 25 thousand feathers. Just a fraction of an inch of this feather insulation can keep a bird's body temperature at 104 degrees, even in freezing weather.
GYabJ TIL Due to some deeply evolved responses to disease, fears of contagion lead us to become more conformist and tribalistic, and less accepting of eccentricity.