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TIL the world’s largest snow maze is located in Canada, spanning over 2 acres and featuring towering walls up to 20 feet high!

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Yp4ov TIL during the Korean War, a cut-off Marine Division ordered a supply drop of mortars (code name: tootsie rolls) but were sent the chocolate candy by mistake. They melted the candy down to a putty and used it to repair piping on damaged tanks, which they then used to escape to safety
R74Va TIL the most famous sound effect from the cartoon series Tom and Jerry -- Tom's leather-lunged scream -- was created by recording Hanna's scream and eliminating the beginning and ending of the recording, leaving only the strongest part of the scream on the soundtrack.
YpK1G TIL that in Alien Breed if you type the cheat code "Stevie Wonder" , the screen goes completely black.
NgQJ TIL all cars with a trunk compartment made after 2001 in the U.S. are required to have an interior trunk latch designed to free any trapped or kidnapped people inside the trunk.
rNplW TIL tuberculosis reached the Americas before European contact, likely carried by seals and sea lions who acquired it from livestock on African beaches