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TIL that the Russians dropped booby-trapped toys on Afghanistan so that Afghan children without arms or legs wouldn’t be able to fight the Soviets in the future

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R7BLl TIL Ching Chow, a comic strip that was filled with stereotypical Chinese jokes managed to stay in papers until 1990 and was popular among gamblers as they thought it contained secrets for sports betting
RN58 TIL Having a Beard is the equivalent of wearing 30spf on your face.
RQyw TIL Richard Nixon admitted in later life that he dreamed of becoming a rapper, saying “I have often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days, I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics.”
AJbn TIL the Orange Julius grew out of an orange juice stand opened in Los Angeles in 1926 by Julius Freed. People began lining up at the store and shouting, “Give me an Orange, Julius!” Eventually, the new drink would simply be called “the Orange Julius”.
jN8OR TIL that the movie “The Ten Commandments” (1957) won no major oscars, only that of best effects. Instead the action-comedy “Around the World in 80 Days” won best picture, beating out not only the Charlton Heston classic but also James Deans last movie “Giant” and the musical “The King and I”.