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TIL In Colombia, dried ants replace popcorn as the typical movie theater snack.

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Brg9W TIL: That the Davy Crockett nuclear device was one of the smallest nuclear weapon systems ever built and was designed to be shot from a recoilless rifle delivering a yield of 10-20 tons TNT equivalent.
0dO8p TIL John Stamos, the actor, often plays drums for the Beach boys and has since 1985.
a8B69 TIL that during World War II, the US government partnered with the American Mafia in Operation Underworld to gather intelligence, prevent sabotage, and ensure order. They leveraged organized crime networks, like Meyer Lansky's assistance to Naval Intelligence in safeguarding New York docks.
8e6BV TIL although there was a loud public outcry to ban Dungeons & Dragons in 1980s, adolescents who played D&D during that time were less likely to commit suicide than adolescents as a whole.
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