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TIL that the poor in Haiti have to resort to eating cookies made of dirt just to give themselves the feeling of being full.

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7rXyO TIL Frederick the Great, Prussian Monarch from 1740 to 1786, known for his tactical genius on the battlefield, is considered by historians to be primarily homosexual in orientation. Following a demoralizing defeat, he wrote "Fortune has it in for me; she is a woman, and I am not that way inclined."
LkgMv TIL, that the Key and Peele sketch East/West College Bowl sketch was inspired by 3xPro Bowl Jets tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson, who would later appear on their third East/West Bowl sketch as himself.
e00o5 TIL there is a native crocodile species in North America
epnwn TIL that back in 2010, the White House had to assure people that the President's upcoming State of the Union address would not conflict with the season premiere of LOST (season 6)
Z8OxY TIL that in addition to Kamikaze pilots, the Japanese in WW2 used manned torpedoes as a suicide weapon. The pilot would sit inside and manually direct the torpedo towards the target to maximize the amount of hits scored from torpedoes fired.