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TIL chicken sold in supermarkets are "plumped" with water or brine before being sold, some breasts can be up to 40% water after plumping

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R7aLa TIL "Hide the Pain Harold" is aware of his internet fame, saying "At first I wanted to stop it, but it's impossible; if your face has spread on the internet you can't do anything about it. You can close down a site but three new ones will appear."
KYGww TIL before whistles were introduced, hockey referees used a cowbell. They had to switch to whistles when fans started bringing their own cowbells to disrupt game play.
p8LQ TIL that the death star trench sequence in Star Wars was inspired by the RAF dam busting missions during WW2
ngrr TIL the director of M.A.S.H. had his 14-year-old son write a song for a scene because it needed to be “the stupidest song ever written.” His son wrote it in 5 minutes. It became the theme. The director earned $70,000 for directing the movie; by 1980 his son had earned over $1 million from the song.
PYwrG TIL Thailand declared war on USA on 25 January 1942, but the Thai ambassador to USA, Seni Pramoj, refused to deliver the declaration of war. Instead he started organizing a resistance movement against Japan, the Free Thai Movement.