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TIL that the Bud Light "Real American Heroes" ads were changed to "Real Men of Genius" after 9/11 because "the irony was gone and it seemed very inappropriate to run it that way"

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xvQg TIL in 1976 a film crew went to the haunted house in a California amusement park to shoot footage for a popular tv show. They discovered a hanging body that they thought was a mannequin… turns out it was a real person who had been dead and circulating in various carnivals for over sixty years
VMJvm TIL A card addressed to "Ya know yer wan, her mother’s Hogan from Castleblayney, but the daughter’s an ex-townie. Grew up in Athlone and moved to Ballymacward when she got married. Lives next door to her in-laws now. She has a rake a’ childer and 7 dogs and 4 cats and..." was successfully delivered.
4Xa0R TIL that neutron radiation from deuterium nuclear fusion can be exploited by breeding more deuterium from ordinary hydrogen.
nexLd TIL that the Royal Air Force, in order to hide their success of identifying Luftwaffe bombers at night, made up a story about how carrots are good for eyesight. This was done so Germany wouldn’t know it was radar. A story told almost 80 years ago is why people still believe this myth today.
ADMog TIL that Deland McCullough, former NFL player, and current RB coach for the Chiefs, was given up for adoption at birth in 1973. He found his birth mother in 2017. She told him the name of his father, who turned out to be his college coach and mentor throughout his adult life.