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TIL drag queen and actor Divine was an inspiration for Ursula in Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

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VMlaZ TIL During World War 2, morale among the British Army (in desert campaigns) was directly proportional to the supply of tea that they had. This was due to them brewing it all the time in order to drink the foul-tasting water they were supplied with, as it came from fuel cans.
jNZXp TIL 32 years after Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, Burr's wife left him. Her divorce attorney was Alexander Hamilton Jr.
Y7vQB TIL the record high (121F) and low (-60F) temperatures in North Dakota happened in the same year, just 5 months apart.
1amgV TIL that churros are pressed out in a star shape because otherwise it's very possible for them to violently explode while frying, spraying hot oil and bits of churro all over the kitchen
l7eL7 TIL early American colonists once "stood staring in disbelief at the quantities of fish." One man wrote "there was as great a supply of herring as there is water. In a word, it is unbelievable, indeed, indescribable, as also incomprehensible, what quantity is found there. One must behold oneself."