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TIL that the US Army during WWII developed a grenade the same size and shape as a baseball, to make it more effective for the soldiers who had grown up playing baseball

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JgrQ TIL that Jerry Lewis made a movie in 1972 where he plays a clown in a concentration camp, and leads kids on a train to a gas chamber. It has never seen the light of day.
RRvQ TIL there are 24 hours in a day because the Egyptians counted in base 12, not base 10 like we do today. They counted finger joints instead of fingers.
GbMG TIL the Great Sphinx was so named about 2000 years after its construction. What name the creators called their statue is unknown and there are no inscriptions anywhere describing its construction or original purpose.
xo11 TIL George Lucas hired Harrison Ford to build cabinets in his home, saw enough in him to cast him in American Graffiti and launched his career.
mEPy TIL only one of the 40,000 American soldiers who deserted during World War II was punished by execution