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TIL That there’s 67 different Tommy’s burger restaurant knockoffs.

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mx0RP TIL US Army dentist Ben L. Salomon was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for providing a rear-guard action during the Battle of Saipan. His body was found laying on his machine gun with 98 Japanese soldiers in front of him and 76 bullet wounds (and almost as many bayonet wounds) in him.
KOaJR TIL that scratching an itch feels so good because the brain sees scratching as mild pain, so it releases serotonin to provide relief from that "pain"
RQQ1 TIL that the first gunpowder weapon was actually a melee spear with a one shot flamethrower attached called a fire lance used by the Chinese around year 1000.
Jma4 TIL that if you drive one mile to the convenience store to buy a Powerball ticket, you are eight times more likely to die than win the jackpot
d6Gd TIL Bill Murray and his brothers will call Mitch Glazer (Screenwriter of Scrooged) anytime they watch Roadhouse to let him know Patrick Swayze is having sex with his wife.