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TIL that in 2008 a man struck a deal with prosecutors agreeing to plead guilty to murder in exchange for a bucket of KFC & some Popeyes chicken

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xrko TIL that Fallout’s “Fat Man” actually existed in real life. In the 1950’s, the US developed the Davy Crockett launcher that would fire essentially a mini-nuke with a 10 or 20 ton yield.
WkYQA TIL Zildjian (cymbal company) is almost 400 years old
dPDd TIL of the Aztec Death Whistle. It is a skull shaped wood whistle, that sounds like someone screaming. It was used to intimidate their enemies during war.
16n4W TIL that in 1978, Vietnam veteran and US Army Lieutenant Colonel Jim Channon proposed the formation of the 1st Earth Battalion; a New Age revamp of the American military, trained in psychic powers and pacifism. Channon's ideas later inspired the book and movie "The Men Who Stare at Goats".
Jeej TIL in ‘92, a ship from China lost 29,000 rubber ducks in the Pacific Ocean. After some washed ashore in Alaska, oceanographers started tracking their progress to learn about ocean currents. Ducks were found in Asia, Australia, the Americas, even Europe. Some were frozen in the Arctic for 15 years.