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TIL That the "drumsticks" that come with wings are still chicken wings and arent actually drumsticks. Theyre just the upper part of the wing.

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epmb TIL Benjamin Franklin gave up vegetarianism because when he sliced open a fish, he saw smaller fish inside, reasoning that if animals eat other animals, humans should be able to eat other animals.
4kbZw TIL pop star Katy Perry has been nominated for 13 GRAMMYs since 2009 and has not won any of those nominations, while also being a recipient of 14 People's Choice Awards, 5 Billboard Music Awards, 5 American Music Awards, and four Guinness World Records among many other awards.
ynGa TIL that the U.S. Army had a tactical deception unit nicknamed “The Ghost Army”, which used inflatable tanks, loudspeakers and radio to fool German soldiers.
LknjZ TIL - About the “Mandela Effect” where a large group of people believe an event occurred when it did not. (IE the quote isn’t “Luke, I am your father”, just “No, I am Your Father”)
x6mv7 TIL: The founder of Aldi's the grocery chain was kidnapped in 1971 and held for ransom of ~$2 million USD. Upon release the founder (unsuccessfully) tried to claim the ransom payment as a tax deductible business expense in court.