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TIL Flavor Flav was a musical prodigy and was proficient in 15 instruments and also graduated from culinary school

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l75PV TIL: The Manhattan Project considered poisoning Germany's food supply with radioactive strontium-90
R7DE8 TIL of "The Attack of the Dead Men" where after being hit with a wave of chlorine gas, 100 Russian soldiers coved in blood and half-blind, successfully launched a counter-attack against the advancing 7000 Germans, who fled at the sight of the "dead men walking".
PwOg TIL That until 1994, less than half of America approved of interracial marriage
WkPEd TIL that FDR's White House served notoriously terrible meals. First Lady Eleanor wanted to set an example for the country during the Depression by serving economical meals made from scraps
b6mVZ TIL: French Canadians has a tale featuring a La Chasse-galerie or "Bewitched Canoe". Lumberjacks made a deal with the devil for a flying canoe to visit their lovers quickly. The condition was they can't fly over churches or mention God. Their success varied each story. It was based on The Wild Hunt.