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TIL The Nike sneaker based on Freddy Krueger was ordered to be destroyed due to legal issues. The already made pairs were covered in oil and set ablaze , just like Freddy was in the first Nightmare on Elm Street film

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KObA9 TIL of Lost Bird, a Lakota child who was found under the frozen corpse of her mother after four days in a snowbank, adopted by a General, and lived a brief, terrible life. Later buried at Wounded Knee.
YYYA TIL A reservoir of water three times the volume of all the oceans has been discovered deep beneath the Earth’s surface.
4rYa TIL there is an episode of Dexter’s Laboratory called “Rude Removal”, in which Dexter and DeDe’s niceness and rudeness turn into two separate people. The many swear words used by the rude clones caused this episode not to be aired, but it is available to stream online.
G0w5 TIL that wasabi is sometimes referred to as “Japanese horseradish”. In Japan, horseradish is referred to as “western wasabi”.
b6mga TIL Kissinger was sent on a secret trip to China in 1971, wearing fedora and sunglasses as disguise. Landing in Pakistan first, he feigned a stomach ache, saying he needed a few days to rest, which bought him enough time to fly into Beijing undetected