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TIL Snickers used to be called Marathon bars, and were renamed because of the Mars bar

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6oAW TIL that during the Vietnam War, American troops would eat small amounts of C4 plastic explosive to get high.
oEpR TIL Jack Black’s mother was one of the engineers who helped design the Hubble Space Telescope.
4Owg TIL that one bear - Bart, a 9'6’’ Kodiak - starred in dozens of Hollywood films opposite the likes of Dan Aykroyd, Anthony Hopkins, Annette Bening, Ethan Hawke, Gregory Peck, and John Candy. His biopic was narrated by Brad Pitt, with whom he worked in Legends of the Fall
VBopG TIL a snail's anus is above its head
yQxa8 TIL the word restaurateur does not have an N in it, I'm floored by this. res·tau·ra·teur /ˌrestərəˈtər/ : P. restaurateurs, a person who owns and manages a restaurant.