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TIL the Peace Sign is actually the letters N and D in flag sephamore, which stands for "Nuclear Disarmament".

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ne7Od TIL in Poland every movie is always dubbed by the same male narrator speaking over the original audio
4nKJ TIL Lyndon B. Johnson used to frequently whip out his “Johnson” to establish genital dominance at the start of diplomatic relationships. He also unzipped his pants and presented it to a group of reporters, stating “this is why,” when asked why we were in Vietnam.
8X0a TIL that Elaine’s father on Seinfeld, played by Lawrence Tierney, was supposed to be a recurring character, but he horrified the cast and made threatening gestures toward Seinfeld with a knife.
rROEw TIL that when Ernest Hemingway tried his first daiquiri, he said it was too sweet and asked for double the rum and less sugar. Thus, the Hemingway daiquiri was born.
19O7 TIL that despite elephants massive size compared to humans, they are 5 times less likely to die of cancer due to them having at least 40 copies of TP53, a gene that destroys cancer cells before they become a problem, versus 2 in humans.