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TIL that the White House Police ceremonial uniforms worn under Nixon were described as looking like band uniforms by the press and some ended up going to a high school band in Iowa.

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QNlQa til, erithrytol (artificial sweetner used in sparkling water and other things) can cause cardiac issues.
Egn1W TIL We call heavy armoured fighting vehicles Tanks to keep their nature secret. The British pretended that they were water carriers or water tanks.
d8oBE TIL: in 1996 Dave Grohl had a cameo in an episode of The X-Files and had a huge crush on Gillian Anderson.
j6xmp TIL that the name Yakult comes from the Esperanto word “jahurto”. This is as the founder believed Esperanto would become a common international language
GWBG TIL of a Russian scientist who in 1978 was hit in the head with a proton beam travelling close to the speed of light. Despite the fact that the beam tunnelled through his head and damaged brain tissue, he was still able to complete a Ph.D.