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TIL among NATO soldiers, a French combat ration is worth 5 American MRE rations

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O1QR TIL Rowan Atkinson suffers from a stammer, so he uses over-articulation as a technique to overcome problematic consonants (like ‘B’).
LQlVZ TIL: "Jumbo" was a male African bush elephant who was an attraction for PT Barnum. He was hit by a train in St. Thomas, Ontario and died. He was not named Jumbo because of his size; we got the word "jumbo" because of his name.
wLGd1 TIL why toothpaste makes orange juice awful. A common detergent/surfactant called sodium lauryl sulphate in toothpaste both suppresses sweet receptors, and destroys phospholipids in your mouth which inhibit your bitter receptors. So it employs a double-whammy impact to your taste buds!
9wJlr TIL about the War of Jenkins' ear - a war between Spain and England that started when a British captain, Robert Jenkins, presented his severed ear to the British Parliament, claiming a Spanish officer had cut it off.
neeMb Short answer: Only if you believe it does