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TIL Blue whales eat half a million calories in one mouthful

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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
nWr8Y TIL that paper airplanes were invented way before the word "airplane" even existed
ADYDa TIL that McDonald's once created bubblegum-flavored broccoli in an attempt to make kids eat more vegetables. The taste confused children and the product was pulled before it even reached the shelves.
Wk5Pd TIL that Lake Chad, in Africa, was at one point larger than the Caspian Sea
Lk14p TIL Osama Bin Laden was actually killed by the CIA, and he had a significant stash of Opium near by. In preparation for the raid, the Seal team was legally signed over to CIA control for legal protection, and all records are shielded from the Freedom of Information Act.