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TIL Joe Rogan was the host of Fear Factor

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9wNjr TIL General Patton had training grounds in the Mojave desert during World War II and tank tracks from the time remain visible. The area is now within the Mojave National Preserve and military debrit can be found along with the compacted soil.
0waWL TIL a pet tortoise was found alive in a wooden box, 30 years after she went missing
KOAPE TIL that in 1955, the Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo company leader Akio Morita explained that the company name would be difficult to pronounce in foreign lands. Changing it to Sony Corporation would allow them to expand worldwide.
awGgZ TIL On May 13, 1862, self-freed slave Robert Smalls quietly maneuvered a Confederate ship full of fellow slaves and their families, through confederate lines and surrendered the ship over to the Union army and went on to become the first black man to captain a United States ship
8K8V TIL 75% of all alcohol consumed in Ireland in 2013 was done so as part of a binge drinking session.