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TIL The Iconic "Pac-Man" Was Originally Going to Be a Pizza

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VMJLB TIL Over 16 million animals served in World War One. Both sides had large cavalries, camels were used in desert campaigns, dogs and pigeons carried messages, canaries were used to detect gas, and cats and dogs were trained to hunt rats in the trenches. Various animals were used as mascots too.
j66NN TIL That palm trees are a part of the same class as grass.
ZLBR TIL 3M company name stands for “Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company” = 3M
RaZ9 TIL that a man once wrestled a bear, had his leg mutilated, was left for dead, woke up, set the wound on his own, and crawled over 200 miles for six weeks back to his home town, and then set out to find the men who left him to die
JlLk TIL the two biggest private prison organizations in the US have clauses in their contracts that require the prisons to stay at least 90% full at all times.