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TIL The famous PBR river boats that the US used in the Vietnam war had pump-jet engines made by Jacuzzi

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E1rKP TIL the Arrente indigenous people of Central Australia have released a set of indigemojis. They are a set of emojis relevant to their culture and lives and include cool things such as kangaroo tails, troopies, cowboy hat and swag.
ny09 TIL in 2008, as part of a float, Rick Astley “Rick Roll’d” the entire Macy’s Day Parade.
RkKj TIL in 1251 the king kept a polar bear in the Tower of London, which “attracted a great deal of attention from Londoners when it went fishing in the Thames”
VMyDB TIL: Sushi Parasites have increased by 238 times since 1970s according to the University of Washington. Scientists said this is likely due to humans recovering the seal, sea lion, and whale populations under Marine Mammal Protection Act which allows the parasites to fester.
XEVZE TIL that before becoming president of the American Pediatric Society Saul Krugman experimented on mentally disabled children by purposefully infecting them with Hepatitis