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TIL Comedian Drew Carey, after getting kicked out from University for being too bad at academics, went on to become a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps.

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7dKp TIL While president of the Screen Actor’s Guild, Ronald Reagan gave the names of supposed communist sympathizers in Hollywood to the FBI
0571 [TIL] Four months after shooting American Sniper Chris Kyle dead, Eddie Routh confessed “I was just riding in the back seat of the truck, and nobody would talk to me. They were just taking me to the range, so I shot them. I feel bad about it, but they wouldn’t talk to me.”
OX9X TIL in 1972, a British nutritionist published a book called Pure, White & Deadly in which he warns about the dangers of sugar and advises following a low-carbohydrate diet for weight loss. It would take over 40 years for his work to be recognized by other scientists.
x6e9B TIL all British main battle tanks are equipped with a "boiling vessel", a water heater which the crew can use to boil hot water and heat meals. Introduced at the end of WW2, it is often referred to by tank crews as "the most important piece of equipment in a British armoured vehicle".
x7Qb TIL Adidas was founded by a former member of the Nazi party, Adolf Dassler, Adi was a nickname and das was the first 3 letters of his last name