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TIL that alongside being an important figure in farming and an internet meme, David Brandt was also a Marine during Vietnam and received a Purple Heart

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xVGrb TIL that the protrusions on a "winged spear" acted as a safety measure to prevent creatures such as boars during boar hunting from running up the shaft to get at you. Effectively, pinning them at the spear head.
W77D9 TIL about Kanzi, a male bonobo that learned language by eavesdropping on the lessons that researchers were giving to his adoptive mother.
XE0Pj TIL that Dick Dale plays guitar upside down and backwards, and that he's considered the "father of heavy metal".
jNvjn TIL according to the 2020 census, out of the 331 million Americans, 110 million live in either California, Texas, Florida or New York.
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