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TIL That US Emergency MRE's underwent a color change in 2001, due to some instances where people would mistaken them as (similar looking) cluster bombs on the ground.

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e0NV6 TIL only 19 states including D.C. in the U.S. have universal motorcycle helmet laws that require all riders to wear helmets. Illinois and Iowa have no state law on the books while all other states anyone over the age of 17 to 20 depending on the state is not required to wear a helmet while riding.
4XlAw TIL John Cena is author of a children's book and intends to write more.
9P6m TIL Queen Elizabeth II was once accidentally filmed during an argument with Prince Philip throwing tennis shoes and a racquet at him. The Australian film crew, under mild encouragement, obligingly destroyed the footage out of respect.
7ZAL TIL In 1918 A black man named Laurence C Jones survived a lynching attempt from a White mob by convincing them of his passion to educate Black kids. The mob ended up collecting money for his cause.
M7kgb TIL the test pilot for the first fighter jet would fly dressed as a gorilla in a hat to allow US Air Force psychologists to gaslight other pilots into believing they hadn't witnessed a “gorilla, wearing a derby hat, waving a stogie at them” flying a fast-moving plane without a propeller