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TIL: Contrary to a rumor that has circulated on the internet, Jägermeister does not contain deer or elk blood.

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WkoQA TIL in World War I, deep fried potato batons were popular among American soldiers stationed in Belgian after they were served to the British for their love of chips. As, the language locally and of the Belgian Army at the time was French, they thought they were in France naming them ‘French fries’.
XBwX TIL that if you ever want to see what type of seeds birds in a certain area are eating, look at what plant and tree species are growing in fencelines, as birds will often perch on fences and excrete undigested seeds.
nWnjG TIL a series of US explosion tests by was performed in 1965 near Hawaii using 450t of explosives. 92,022 blocks of TNT were stacked in domes to simulate the shock effects of nuclear blasts without the radiation.
WkNRX TIL In a dating experiment, when the subjects were told to agree with everything their date said, their dates found them less attractive than when the subject switched halfway through from disagreeing, to agreeing with everything: and the later they switched, the better.
95nB TIL that the CHEKA, during the Red Terror, tortured their victims by boiling their hands until the skin could be pulled off like a glove