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TIL In 1968 captured American sailors secretly gave the finger in propaganda photos released by the North Korean government.

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XEowX TIL that some ants develop as 'undertakers,' carrying dead bodies and waste away from the colony, and exhibit different behavioral patterns than the rest of the colony.
GkxQ TIL when asked if there was validity in the media’s criticism of violence in his movies, Quentin Tarantino said, “Sure, Kill Bill’s a violent movie. But it’s a Tarantino movie. You don’t go to see Metallica and ask the fuckers to turn the music down.”
rN71e TIL: The more massive a White Dwarf star gets, the smaller it becomes.
X0Adj TIL that writer Tommy Blacha (Metalocalypse, Late Night With Conan O'Brien) worked as creative director of WWE in 1999.
8bwb TIL that Teddy Roosevelt Jr, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, stormed Utah Beach on D-Day. The only general to land by sea with the first wave of troops, he was 56 years old (the oldest person in the invasion), even though he suffered from arthritis and walked with a cane from injuries in WWI.