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TIL the family members on “Duck Dynasty” created their characters entirely for the show. They didn’t even have beards before.

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9Y0v6 TIL US general, Douglas MacArthur, had two of the worst military disasters in American history happen under his command: the largest surrender of US forces (Battle of Bataan, WWII) and the longest retreat of US forces (The retreat back to the 38th parallel during the Korean War)
Zy14 TIL the YKK on my zipper stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha (which means Yoshida Company Limited). They make 7 billion zippers each year.
VaKp TIL that, during the 1994 San Marino GP, Austrian driver Roland Ratzenberger lost his life after a crash. On the very next day, world champion Ayrton Senna died on the same track. Among the wreckage of Senna’s car was an Austrian flag which he intended to raise after the race to honor Ratzenberger.
Rl6w TIL that there was a third founder of Apple, Ronald Wayne, who sold his shares of 10% for $800. Today they would be worth over $35 billion
nknP TIL Rocket Raccoon’s creator lives in an assisted living facility following a traumatic brain injury in 1992. But you can donate to his cause