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TIL In 2011 Ben & Jerry’s released a flavor named Schweddy Balls. A group called “One Million Moms” protested, saying the name was too explicit for grocery store shelves. However one mother said “We just think it’s funny, that’s all, and honestly we all really want to try it.”

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gjW8 TIL Soviet scientists tried to create nuclear 7.62 mm bullets for AKM/PKM. They used californium-252 instead of uranium or plutonium. Each bullet had enough power to destroy a tank (100—700 kg of TNT equivalent)
oRBWo TIL that Outback Steakhouse was founded in Tampa, FL by four Americans who had never visited Australia. They simply saw an opportunity to ride the wave of popularity of all things Australian following the 1986 film Crocodile Dundee. Their concept was “American food and Australian fun.”
nGOY TIL that Donald Duck has a huge cult following in Germany. Belonging to the society “D.O.N.A.L.D”, fans (known as Donaldists) hold annual meetings, have lectures, and have even infiltrated respected German newspapers, where they’ve inserted Donald quotes only other Donaldists would understand.
JYdwk TIL In 1803, the Igbo people (ethnic group from Nigeria) managed to take control of their slave ship. They committed mass suicide instead of submitting to slavery in the United States.
wVN8 TIL that Twinkies originally had banana filling. When bananas were rationed during WWII, they switched to vanilla, and it was so popular they never looked back.