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TIL a group of pandas is called an "embarassment"

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4jeg TIL Ben Franklin had a business turning old rag newspapers into pulp & paper. He later got the contract to print US currency & begat the term “rags to riches”
lg8a TIL that during the Battle of Stalingrad, German soldiers defended themselves by fixing simple wire nets on windows to repel grenades. The Russians responded by attaching fish hooks to the grenades so they would stick to the nets.
ADxyd TIL Mick Jagger starred as the infamous Australian Bushranger (Outlaw) Ned Kelly in a 1970 film Ned Kelly. He requested an audition in 1975 as Dr. Frank N Furter in the film adaptation of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, producers had their eyes set on Tim Curry who played the character in theatre.
GY1kE TIL a woman who claimed to be abducted by aliens in 1961 later recreated a star map she remembered and a statistician concluded she had a 1 in 1000 chance of randomly guessing a valid pattern if she was making it all up. It was valid.
wLwX7 TIL One in four cowboys was Black, despite the stories told in popular books and movies.