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TIL that Hershey's Chocolate isn't legally considered chocolate in Britain, because of its low cocoa amounts.

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a8dyM TIL: Leonardo da Vinci designed scuba gear for sneak attacks on enemy ships from underwater. The leather suit was equipped with a bag-like mask that went over the diver’s head. Attached to the mask around the nose area were two cane tubes that led up to a cork diving bell floating on the surface.
b6yw4 TIL death metal band Cannibal Corpse made a guest appearance in Jim Carrey's 1994 comedy film "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective".
YpmNr TIL of The Citizens of the Reich, a group of some 17,000 Germans, who believe that the 1937 borders of the German Empire still exist, who do not accept the legality of the Federal Republic of Germany, who refuse to pay taxes, and who are gathering weapons to bring down the federal government.
p8nOA TIL I learned of the Na people, a matrilineal society where women are in charge and "walking marriages" are practiced: women are free to initiate sexual relationships with one or more men, and any children born from these unions are cared for by the woman's brothers.
PLpL TIL that a Russian scientist got hit in the head by the proton beam in a particle accelerator and survived to tell the tale.