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TIL that Camp David is named after the grandson of Dwight D. Eisenhower

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m1dny TIL that White Castle, founded in 1921, predates McDonald's by nearly two decades, establishing itself as America's first fast-food hamburger chain.
m1l5M TIL about the elephant mosquito, which is 4 times larger than a regular mosquito, but actually feeds on mosquito larva
XWrQ TIL that most Kpop (Korean Pop) stars are molded for years in ‘bootcamps’ where they are charged for their housing and dance/singing lessons, before being signed under “slave contracts” that allow their agencies to control their wardrobe, diets, love lives, and their behavior.
5YlgQ TIL of the "Blood Quran" a Quran that was written in the blood of Saddam Hussein. The book is a problem for Islamic scholars because they can't agree over what should be done with it. It's a sin to write the Quran in blood but it's also a sin to destroy copies of the Quran. They're stumped.
Y7YGd TIL Buddy, the dog actor who played Air Bud, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and died tragically young at age 9 or 10- Only a year after the release of the first movie. The sequel, Air Bud: Golden Receiver, was dedicated in memory of Buddy.