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TIL Chamorro is the language spoken by the majority of Guam's residents followed by Filipino languages like Kapampangan

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p8VJG TIL during a simulated military exercise in the Persian Gulf, the opposing force wiped out the US fleet in just 2 days using low tech strategies. The rules of the exercise were subsequently changed to ensure an overwhelming US victory was the final result.
5VrE8 TIL that poached monkeys are sometimes falsely labeled as captive-bred research animals. This is called monkey laundering.
pnZp TIL Voice of Bugs Bunny, Mel Blanc, fell into a coma after a car accident and would only respond to people who addressed him as one of his many cartoon characters and did so in character. The first thing he said after 3 weeks was “What’s up doc?” to a doctor who said “How ya doin Bugs Bunny?”
R5DZ6 TIL why Neal's wife in "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" was so emotional at the end of the movie. An entire subplot had been cut from the film in which she believed Neal was having an affair and that Del was a woman. When Del and Neal arrived, she realized Del was a man and Neal had been truthful.
r7r0 TIL that “God rest you merry” is an archaic way of expressing good wishes, so the Christmas carol is “God rest you merry, gentlemen” not “God rest you, merry gentlemen”