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TIL The “Nope, Chuck Testa!” commercial was created by Rhett & Link of Good Mythical Morning

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Ooera TIL that the RMS Olympic, sister ship to the Titanic, rammed a U-Boat and sunk it, making it the only merchant ship in World War I to have sunk an enemy vessel.
a6j0 TIL 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sent the FBI on wild goose chases, literally, by claiming that some geese in Central Park had explosives stuffed up their ass
8eegb TIL that the Ignalina nuclear power plant located in eastern Lithuania is identical to the Chernobyl plant in Pripyat. The plant remained operational until 2009 and was used as the set for the HBO Chernobyl miniseries.
W8R8 TIL of the ‘Banana massacre’ in 1928, where up to 3000 striking workers where killed by colombian forces, after the US threatened to invade if they would not protect american interests.
XEKJj TIL That the Father of General Douglas MacArthur, Arthur MacArthur Jr. was also military commander of the Philippines in 1900. Similarly he would also go on to be relieved of duty by a (future) president, Howard Taft in 1901.