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Ookb4 TIL: The US Navy uses a fuel for some torpedoes called Otto Fuel II. It is highly toxic and on the EPA's National Priorities List. If exposed you can have chest pain and tachycardia years later.
KYdNR TIL the creator of HBO's White Lotus was a contestant on both Survivor and The Amazing Race.
ZpYro TIL of Operation Frankton wherein British Commandos attempted to kayak into German occupied ports during WWII and place limpet mines on ships
ADEQl TIL that Cannibalism itself isn't illegal in the US, it's just very difficult to get human meat legally.
Z6Y4 TIL that the popular candy coated chocolate known as Smarties in the rest of the world, is not sold in the United states. Instead, in the States, the smarties name rights is owned by the Smarties Candy Company, producers of the tablet candy “Smarties” (a.k.a. Rockets).