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TIL after WWII, the Department of War was renamed Department of Defense

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PDgJ TIL in 2012, Nestlé used a picture of a bear using Kit Kats as drumsticks to announce their Instagram account. They almost immediately had to take it down due to its resemblance to Pedobear.
4k0wg TIL that, of the over 1,000,000 insect species identified, only 5 live permanently on the open ocean. They belong to the Halobates genus, which belongs to the Gerridae family (commonly known as water striders.)
8eLGX TIL for the 1980 presidential election, one of Ronald Reagan's first choices for vice president was former president Gerald Ford
BKZK TIL that scientists have genetically altered chickens to express DNA that their dinosaur ancestors once possessed. Eventually, they grew teeth.
1a0EV TIL there are wasps feeding on tarantulas, and they lay their eggs in them to feed on the tarantula while it's still alive