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TIL that 3% of the World's population died during World War II.

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0QEA TIL during WWII a riot broke out between American and New Zealand soldiers when some Americans objected to Maori not drinking in segregated bars.
xVob5 TIL pet food tasters (humans) serve as professional quality control for pet food. they make up to 120k/yr
K5YQ TIL that the Space Race of the 1960’s lead to NASA giving IBM a $26.6 million contract to create an one of the most powerful computers ever in a compact form. This lead to the development of the microprocessor and the level of power computers have today.
v168j TIL Freddie Mercury preferred being with his cats than other people, and often called who was taking care of them to "talk" to his cats when he was away.
VMGEB TIL before working on the Donald Duck comics and creating Scrooge McDuck. Carl Barks began his career at a racy man's magazine "Calagary Eye Opener" in the early 1920s. After retiring, he made tons of erotic artwork showing people with duck bills he jokingly referred to as the "Duck Syndrome".