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TIL that Captain Planet (1990-1996) was created by media mogul Ted Turner along with executive producer Barbara Pyle

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XEkxD TIL Watermelon is an extremely popular food in Japan, often given as gifts and used in a game called "suikawari". Square and rectangle watermelon sell for $300 and are not eaten as they take years to get the shape just right.
E1QLW TIL it is likely that dog’s smile because they have observed humans doing it, and we condition them to smile by giving them treats and snuggles when they look happy. They’re basically brown-nosing us.
Bkne TIL the Khmer Rouge’s “Killing Fields” genocide spilled over the border into Communist Vietnam, resulting in the massacre of over 3,000 Vietnamese. Vietnam responded by invading Cambodia and overthrowing the Khmer Rouge.
E1ydw TIL of The Rolex Murder. On July 28, 1996, a man’s body washed up on a trawler in the UK seas. There was no identification on the body except a 25-year-old Rolex Oyster on his wrist. As Rolex maintains such meticulous service records, they were able to ID the victim and ultimately the murderer.
NZWM TIL there have been more deaths in Chicago from gang violence than troops killed in Afganistan since 2001.