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TIL Lego has no military related sets because the inventor’s policy was to not want to make war seem like child’s play

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9wJ6B TIL the American Military’s C-5 Galaxy is nicknamed FRED by aircrews for “Fucking Ridiculous Economic (or) Environmental Disaster”. Due to the C-5 using large amounts of fuel, maintenance, reliability, & cost of production.
BrvQx TIL that the reason why most birds sleep on one leg is that they have no plumage there. They therefore lift a leg up to keep it warm and thus limit heat exchange while maintaining the possibility of flying away quickly in case of danger.
QZd TIL that Hunter S. Thompson’s suicide note was titled “Football Season Is Over”. He further wrote: “No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring.”!
LxG9 TIL there is a Captain Underpants movie to be released in 2017 starring Kevin Hart, Ed Helms and Jordan Peele.
0dMA TIL Malaria is Responsible for half of all Human Deaths ever