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TIL that some corndogs are made from chicken instead of pork

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6QW7 TIL pillbugs (AKA roly polies) are not, in fact, bugs at all. They’re crustaceans, “closely related to lobsters, crabs, and shrimp.”
b985p Today I learned that the Oneida silverware company was founded by a free-love community in upstate New York, led by a Protestant preacher from the 1840's, who believed there was a connection between sex and spirituality. He experimented with perineum pressure during intercourse to block ejaculation.
ym5p TIL in 1984 McDonald’s ran a promotion where customers scratched off a ticket with the name of an Olympic event on it, and if the U.S. won that event then they would be given a free menu item. The promotion became a near financial disaster due to the Soviet boycott.
VLwZ TIL Russian cosmonauts urinate on the right rear wheel of the transfer bus before liftoff. Female cosmonauts are excused, but some dash a cup of their own urine in solidarity.
0gPM TIL that Disney’s “The Black Cauldron” (1985) was the world’s first full-length animated feature film to incorporate the use of CGI. It was also the first Disney film to receive a PG rating.