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TIL that Jelly Beans use an ingredient called Shellac, which are secretions from bugs

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XEEl6 Spies used it as a secret weapon. A president tumbled from it. Hitler wanted it destroyed. Just what made this train so intriguing?
Me10b TIL Patrick Stewart didn't know who Sting was when they were working on Dune together, and when he asked him what band he played for and Sting answered "The Police," Stewart responded, "You're in a police band?"
a88Kb TIL that in 1995 when a lawsuit was brought against Shell Oil for the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 men in Nigeria, Shell settled out of court for $15.5 million.
1WQd TIL that two 6-year olds were suspended from school for playing cops and robbers and forming their fingers into an imaginary gun
69Rkl TIL during World War II, the British government commissioned a project called "Operation Vegetarian," which planned to drop linseed cakes infected with anthrax over Germany to contaminate livestock and cause a food shortage. The plan was never executed, test sites remained contaminated for decades.