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TIL Burt Reynolds took revenge from National Enquirer who wrote crap about him for years by dumping a helicopter full of horse shit on their Florida HQ

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XleR TIL of the death of PFC LaVena Johnson, who was found dead in 2005 at a base in Balad, Iraq. Initially ruled a suicide, an autopsy revealed she a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, and burns from corrosive chemicals on her genitals. The Army has refused to reopen the case.
OGBZ7 TIL On July 26, 1931, a swarm of grasshoppers descended on Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota devastating millions of acres of crops. It was so thick that it blocked out the sun and one could shovel the grasshoppers with a scoop. Cornstalks were eaten to the ground and fields left completely bare.
PY48V TIL four American presidents were neither Democrat or Republican but "Whig", a third political party that collapsed around 1855.
vPYYL TIL Ants alone comprise about 20% of the entire animal biomass on land, totalling around 20 quadrillion. They outweigh all mammals and birds on Earth, combined.
PY8vg TIL Charles Schulz always disliked the title of Peanuts, which was given to his comic strip by the syndicate. In a 1987 interview, Schulz said of it: "It's totally ridiculous, has no meaning, is simply confusing, and has no dignity—and I think my humor has dignity."