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TIL there is a town called Okay, OK

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gDWb TIL Before Mythbusters, Jamie and Adam built a battle bot named Blendo which competed in Robot Wars. Blendo was banned from competing after 2 fights because it was to dangerous.
loab1 TIL that a video game to help children with ADHD was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) called EndeavorRx.
adRo TIL “Max Heiliger” was a fictional name created by the Nazis and used to establish bank accounts to launder valuables stolen from those killed in the concentration and extermination camps. Using the name “Heiliger” was a cynical Nazi joke, since the word means saint, from the word heilig (holy).
ADj57 TIL all seagulls have a set of glands above the eyes that filter out the salt ions from their bloodstream, allowing them to drink saltwater.
JeWQ TIL a father and young son were kidnapped and brought to a construction site where the kidnappers cut the father’s throat from ear to ear, shot the son 3 times, then the kidnappers buried them. The father escaped, walked ¼ mile, and flagged down a police officer. He survived. The son did not.