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TIL Harry Truman created the school lunch program in 1946 in response to the high number of military draftees that were rejected because of malnutrition.

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0xv1 TIL: On August 13, 1966, in response to John Lennon’s “More popular than Jesus” comment, a radio station in Texas held a burning of Beatles merchandise. The next day, the broadcast tower was struck by lightning, damaging much of their equipment and sending the news director to the hospital.
E1gxp TIL soda is dispensed in plastic bags in the Philippines.
MeZNK TIL a study of 1,892 Finish car owners found that though some luxury car owners were conscientious, men deemed "assholes" (less cooperative/less kind/less considerate) were more likely to drive high-status cars such as BMW. No connection between self-centered women & luxury car ownership was found.
e0MQL TIL there have been at least 5 different Battles of Thermopylae aside from the one famously fought between the Greeks and Persians (popularized by "300") in 480 BC. The most recent of these battles was between the ANZACs and the Wermacht in 1941.
wpj8 TIL parents at a school in Idaho called police on a book giveaway event for an award-winning young adult novel banned from the school curriculum because it was “anti-christian”