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TIL that those bizarre Mentos commercials shown in the USA in the nineties, were all produced in Germany, where the candy comes from.

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9Gnp TIL that soldiers awarded the Medal of Honor receive a number of additional benefits, including a pension of $1,300 beyond any other retirement pay, space-available air travel on military transport for their entire lives, and admission to military academies for their children.
jNyxM TIL only less than 2% of the uranium in Little Boy, the bomb that was dropped onto Hiroshima, actually fissioned. This was still enough to kill 66,000 people and have a fatal blast radius of 1.3km.
4jxo TIL the inverted cross is not a satanic symbol.It is the cross of St.Peter. It is believed that he requested this form of crucifixion as he felt he was unworthy to be crucified in the same manner that Jesus died.
RLa7 TIL A primary school in East Sussex frustrated with the lack of a dyslexic-friendly sans-serif typeface that taught kids how to write naturally commissioned their own custom font from a London design house. The highly versatile typeface, Castledown, has been nominated for a design of the year award.
1Yl8 TIL that “cob” in “cobweb” is actually an old and forgotten English word for “spiders”