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TIL Sgt. Joe Friday never actually said ''Just the facts, ma'am'' on Dragnet

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pgpQ TIL when a factory worker from Wonka was asked about the production of Nerds candy, he said “Basically we start off with a sugar crystal and we just keep coating it with more sugar.”
XEeej TIL Norway wanted to give Finland a mountain for its 100th birthday
4V55 TIL a man in Sweden receives disability benefits due to his “addiction to Heavy Metal”.
QJMWe TIL the earthquake that caused the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami generated 9,600 gigatons of energy, equal to 550 million Hiroshima explosions
5YDJr TIL that in 1951 during the era of duck-and-cover drills, NYC allocated $87,000 for the purchase of dog tags so that students' bodies would be identifiable in the event of a nuclear attack.