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TIL that Canada accidentally signed in the wrong spot on the Japanese surrender treaty at the end of WWII, messing up the order of the document.

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X04RD TIL that the famous James Bond theme (first heard in 1962 in Dr. No) was source of a long running dispute between John Barry and Monty Norman. Norman had originally written a song for a musical adaptation of V. S. Naipaul's novel A House for Mr Biswas which was the inspiration.
p8BVN TIL cattle ranches have been replacing 10 to 50 percent of cattle feed with the rejected gummy worms and fruit loops from manufacturers to save money, and they've been doing this for years.
5YkBk TIL that the movie poster for the 1983 film, Spring Break, featured the hips of 18 y.o. bikini model Tammy Leppert (who also had a bit part in the film) however she vanished in mysterious circumstances not long after the film release and has never been found since.
y40v TIL in the 70’s South Korea discovered 4 tunnels from North Korea, believed to be incursion routes capable of accommodating 30,000 men per hour. It is believed that there is up to 20 more, undiscovered.
RDM7 TIL that toilet paper has been around since the 6th century and was mass produced by the 14th.