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TIL Ford created the iconic Jeep design

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ADV6d TIL that people actually believe that the Nazis went to the coldest and most inaccessible place on the planet to hunt whales just before WW2 because they needed more fat for their population...
D1edv TIL: In 1883, a volcano on Krakatoa erupted so violently, the eardrums of sailors ruptured over 40 miles away; island of Rodrigues 3000 miles away heard noises; and was heard by over 50 geographical locations covering a thirteeth of the globe.
Z8VMG TIL Alice in Chains' "Man in the Box" was influenced after Layne Staley had a dinner conversation on how veal was made from calves raised in small boxes. This eventually inspired him to write the lyrics about government censorship and eating meat as seen through the eyes of a doomed calf.
l7Y1G TIL Doris Miller joined the Navy as a mess assistant, one option for a black man. During the Pearl Harbor attack he saved several lives and successfully manned an anti-aircraft gun with no training, until the ship started to sink. He was killed in 1943. An aircraft carrier is named in his honor.
B8jx TIL that in 2008 a man struck a deal with prosecutors agreeing to plead guilty to murder in exchange for a bucket of KFC & some Popeyes chicken