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TIL almost all bananas we eat today are clones of each other

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dwYE TIL The emergency broadcast system was hacked announcing that there was a “zombie attack” in multiple states across the US.
NXY7P TIL that American country music singer Lee Greenwood attempted to trademark the term "God Bless the USA." The trademark was rejected since the ordinary consumer would perceive the words at their ordinary meaning rather than as a trademark, which is meant to indicate the source of a product.
rRXvy TIL that during WWII, the Germans and the British independently discovered that they could use thin aluminum strips dropped from planes to jam enemy radar, but both sides refused to use this for over a year for fear the other would figure out the technique
dDxo8 TIL: Dodi Fayed, who was dating Princess Diana and died in the same crash, was cousins with Jamal Khashoggi the journalist who was murdered
YrAd TIL that Finland celebrates “National Sleepy Head Day”, where the last person to in the house to wake up is thrown into water by the early risers.