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TIL that Nursing Activision-Blizzard employees kept getting their breast milk stolen

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LkMd0 TIL after his bomber was hit, RAF gunner Nicholas Alkemade decided to jump from 18,000 feet without a parachute, just moments before his bomber blew up. He landed on top of a snow cover and survived with only a twisted knee. The Germans were so impressed they certified the story as being authentic.
9wvVD TIL "Wacky WallWalkers" were a fad in the early 1980s. The toys were molded out of a sticky elastomer and shaped similar to a spider. When one was thrown against a wall, it would then "walk" its way down. Over 240 million were sold. They were also free in specially marked boxes of cereals.
Y715A TIL that the original Bambi novel was actually an allegory about antisemitism
XEV8E TIL to please Lord Indra, Hindu god of rain, people in drought-stricken Bhopal, India "married" a frog couple. Then in light of heavy rainfall (26% more than normal) in the area, the frogs were "divorced" less than 2 months after their "wedding" in hopes the divorce would end the rain.
8ePpG TIL that singer Dean Martin didn’t speak English until he started school at the age of five, as his first language was Italian. Because of his broken English, he was bullied in elementary school.