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TIL that bones too get bigger with exercise, not just muscle
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TIL In 2001, R.E.M’s guitarist Peter Buck was indicted on two counts of assault, one count of drunkenness on an aircraft, and one count of criminal damage after he became unruly and at one point tried to steal a knife from a serving cart. He was eventually acquitted of all charges.
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TIL Juan Pujol Garcia was a British double agent during WWII. He told Hitler D-Day would happen at the Strait of Dover, earning him the German Iron Cross. It was actually carried out at Normandy, earning him the British MBE.
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TIL Fruity Pebbles are actually grains of white rice that have been cooked, flattened, and puffed back up.
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TIL - Two scientists skinned, boiled and swallowed a shrew without chewing it, and then carefully examined the excrement and how the carcass reacts within the human digestive system. They were rewarded the ‘Ig Noble Prize’ for their findings.
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TIL the most decorated American unit in history is the 442nd Infantry Regiment, which was almost entirely made up of Japanese Americans. Out of the 14,000 who served, 9,486 earned the Purple Heart and 21 earned the Medal of Honor. The unit itself was awarded 8 Presidential Unit Citations.