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TIL in 2017 Glastonbury Festival had to add pineapples to their list of contraband following the success of Glass Animals and their song Pork Soda, which contained the lyric "Pineapples are in my head" and caused fans to bring the fruit to live performances en masse

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neXjd TIL Lt Colonel Matt Urban fought in seven campaigns in WWII and was wounded seven times. He returned from injury so often that the Germans gave him the nickname “the Ghost.” When he was given the Medal of Honor, his citation referred to ten separate acts of bravery during just the Normandy campaign.
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0wDE5 TIL putting the lid down in a porta-potty causes the smell to go out through the vents, which will make it not smell nearly as bad for the next person who uses it.
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OGova TIL In Napoleon’s love letters he wrote that he dreams of Josephine's "little black forest"