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TIL The M on M&Ms is made of edible paper
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TIL In 1942, a 12-year-old lied about his age to join the Navy. He became a decorated war hero at age 13 but was thrown out of the Navy after his mom found out.
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TIL William Shockley, father of silicon valley, was a proponent of eugenics. He proposed that individuals with IQs below 100 be paid to undergo voluntary sterilization.
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TIL that Leland Yee, the Senator who fought to ban the sale of violent video games to minors, was arrested for attempting to traffic illegal weapons, including “shoulder-launched missiles”
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TIL A study done by Stanford Marine ecologist has shown that every single bluefin tuna caught off the coast of California has tested positive for Fukushima radiation isotopes. Every one of them.
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TIL Galileo was ordered to turn himself in to the Holy Office to begin trial for holding the belief that the Earth revolves around the sun, which was deemed heretical by the Catholic Church