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TIL To combat waves of kids poking each other in the eye, Moses Horwitz (Moe of The Three Stooges) got The Three Stooges to appear on TV shows to demonstrate how they did this trick safely

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M7V9W TIL how dangerous it was to serve in the US Air Force in Europe in WW2. Just the US 8th Air Force alone lost 26,000 KIA out of a total strength of 200,000. Comparatively the Marine Corps suffered just under 20,000 KIA while having 50,000 more men deployed.
DkXe TIL that Nestle earned the nickname “baby killer” in the mid 1970s after a bad marketing ploy killed many children in Africa.
WGbN TIL that the engraving “DO NOT DUPLICATE” on some keys is merely a suggestion and can be legally duplicated by locksmiths.
oBvvR TIL that in 5 years, the Black Plague killed over 20 million Europeans, over a third of the continent's population at that time
AN0va TIL: Charles Schultz never liked the name Peanuts for his comic strip