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TIL that Russia and Japan have not officially ended World War II.

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wLm01 TIL that Mark Twain wore a signature white suit most of his life but in his autobiography he said “I would like to dress in a loose and flowing costume made all of silks and velvets, resplendent with all the stunning dyes of the rainbow, and so would every sane man I have ever known...”
pYwbe TIL Bats talk about sex, food, and sleep.
M7kgb TIL the test pilot for the first fighter jet would fly dressed as a gorilla in a hat to allow US Air Force psychologists to gaslight other pilots into believing they hadn't witnessed a “gorilla, wearing a derby hat, waving a stogie at them” flying a fast-moving plane without a propeller
78wnZ TIL that before the PB&J sandwich was invented, peanut butter was originally originally paired with savory foods like Worcestershire sauce & cheese
vEQ4 TIL That sunspots are correlated with revolutionary behavior and other human mass excitability events.