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TIL that the Kool-Aid man is an official Marvel character

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Eg4Qw TIL: The term "Tory" comes from the Middle Irish word "tóraí," which means "outlaw" or "robber." The name "Tory" was originally intended to be an insult, but it was eventually embraced by the party and its members.
VMVVZ TIL that Khutulun, a Mongolian Noblewoman made a pact with her father that she would marry the man who beat her at Wrestling and that any man who lost was to give her 100 horses. She is reported to have gained over 10,000 horses from defeating her suitors.
oBXJ8 TIL that there's a shipwreck right off the coast of England with an ungodly amount of bombs in the hull, and the risk of them going supernova increases every year
n5YW TIL on September 11, 1857, a wagon train heading through Utah toward California was attacked by a Mormon Militia. The militia had disguised themselves as Indians, but once it was suspected that their cover was blown, the Mormons feigned a truce and slaughtered 120 men, women, and children.
88a4 TIL that anime production typically involves employing the services of 2,000 people per episode around the world and costs US$100,000-300,000 per episode