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TIL that during WWII, ‘Rumor Clinics’ were set up to dispel morale-damaging gossip.

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ElR7 TIL there are fewer than 33,000 Venus flytraps living in the wild, and they’re all in North Carolina.
oKpY TIL a common prank in the 1800s involved putting the end of a thread from a spool through a clothes seam and getting unsuspecting strangers to try to pull out what they think is a loose thread. The spool unwound as they pulled, and the prankster enjoyed a jolly good laugh.
BgmNk TIL that the James Webb Space Telescope can detect the heat signature of a bumblebee at the distance of the moon
JV6B TIL: Each Razzie for “Wild Wild West” was accepted in person by Robert Conrad, who had portrayed Jim West in the original series and subsequent TV films. He accepted the awards to show his objections to the movie.
E1ewd TIL the USS John C. Stennis was named after someone who supported racial segregation and signed the Southern Manifesto.