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TIL That if the Sun were made entirely of Bananas - It would still be just as hot

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oBExY TIL when the FBI went undercover to expose the McDonald's Monopoly promotion scam that occurred between 1989-2001 they posed as a production company that interviewed supposed winners for TV commercials and named it Shamrock Productions with the byline “‘Cause you’re just lucky” printed on their van.
X0K18 TIL William Tecumseh Sherman's niece was named Euthanasia Sherman. She was a doctor
Y7dOv TIL The first fully automated guided missile used in combat was deployed by the US in 1945. It was successfully used against Japanese ships. The ASM-N-2 Bat used active miniaturized RADAR, created before the age of transistors. It was developed by The Bureau of Standards, Bell Labs, and MIT.
694Dm TIL birds masturbate
VMGm0 TIL the Republic of Texas was just one of many secessionist movements in Mexico under the unitary government dominated by Santa Anna. Others include the Republic of the Rio Grande, the Republic of Zacatecas, and the Republic of Yucatán.