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TIL of Operation Frankton wherein British Commandos attempted to kayak into German occupied ports during WWII and place limpet mines on ships

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BrQye TIL Neil Armstrong planting the US flag on the moon did not claim the moon for the US because of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty that made the moon into a 'global commons'
J1OMm TIL There is no patent for the chicken nugget. The process to make the processed poultry product was invented by Robert C. Baker, a food sciences professor at Cornell University who published papers pertaining to possible poultry recipes in the 1950s.
4Gxg TIL that popcorn became the default movie goer snack during the great depression when vendors saw an opportunity to sell a cheap snack.
69bdZ TIL that Prince played 'The Oregon Trail'. When the educational computer game was being written in 1971, the future superstar musician was among the students who tested the software at Bryant Junior High School in Minneapolis.
e0wRJ TIL roughly 10,000 shipping containers are lost at sea every year. Most end up on the ocean floor, while a few end up washing ashore.