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TIL Michael B. Jordan's father is named Michael A. Jordan

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v94L TIL during WW2 Nazi German forces designed explosive laden chocolate bars for Winston Churchill knowing his weakness for them, believing that it’d be an easy way to kill him. They also made explosive laden coal pieces, thermos flasks and mess tins among many others. An alert MI5 foiled these plans.
w8BM TIL the vision of canals of Mars were a result of a malfunction of Percival Lowell’s telescope that allowed him to see the reflection of his own blood vessels.
W7Ebd TIL that woolly mammoths were still alive on Wrangel island (off Russian mainland in the Arctic circle) until about 4 thousand years ago - when the pyramids were built!
Z8E8v TIL that the US signed the independence treaty for the Philippines on the 4th of July, giving them both the same "Independence Day" until 1962.
a8JAA TIL the USS Kidd is the only US Navy ship permitted to fly the Jolly Roger