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TIL that "Gangster Spongebob" is actually an extremely popular rapper in Germany

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QQkd TIL a journalist using pseudonym “Aryan Whitney” managed to get an A+ rating for white supremacist group Stromfront from Better Business Bureau for a $425 payment. He also managed to get an A- rating for Palestinian group Hamas for the same price.
J1PK8 TIL in the 1971 movie Duel, directed by Spielberg, the same truck was used in all the scenes and the the dramatic destruction at the end had to be filmed in a single shot since they didn’t have a backup truck
oDwL TIL that the first person to spot a flying saucer, didn’t himself describe its shape as a saucer. But said the objects moved erratically: “like a saucer if you skip it across the water”. And was misinterpreted by the media.
bbLQ TIL that during the battle of Wizna, 800 polish soldiers held off 42,000 nazi soldiers for 3 days. Once the poles ran out of bullets, their commander threw himself on a grenade instead of surrendering. The battle is referred to as the Polish Thermopylae.
d6Ar TIL Nixon gave Elvis a federal narcotics badge which Elvis thought would legally allow him to enter any country both wearing guns and carrying any drugs he wished!