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TIL Ashton Kutcher tried Steve Jobs’ fruitarian diet when getting into character for the jOBS movie and ended up in the hospital because it messed up his pancreas levels

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P7rV TIL An “ultracrepidarian” is somebody who gives opinions on subjects they know nothing about.
OG0V6 TIL that the American folk song Turkey In The Straw (the "ice cream truck song") originated in minstrel shows, where it often contained severely bigoted language
oBJko TIL that playing Taps at military funerals started with a Union soldier’s funeral held too close to the enemy to risk a traditional gun salute giving away their position. They played Taps to give a quieter salute. It was also named Taps because the bugle melody was often followed by three drum taps.
QNnrd TIL that they were giant mega-penguins. They were the size and the weight of a full-grown man.
nebRW TIL in 1990 the West German government received a message from the Soviet general Geli Batenin, offering to return Kaliningrad. The offer was never seriously considered by the Bonn government, who saw reunification with the East as its priority.