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TIL baby Foxes are called "Kits"

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Wk8GA TIL of Arvīds Blūmentāls, a rumored prototype for Crocodile Dundee and Latvian Baron who deserted the Waffen-SS for the Foreign Legion before relocating to Australia. He hunted 10,000 crocodiles with his bare hands and lived in a hillside dugout so bizarre it was used in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
y1eJ TIL that the viscous liquid that canned beans are preserved in is called “aquafaba” and can be used as a substitute for eggs in vegan recipes.
wQJ TIL that Glen Bell, the founder of Taco Bell, is a descendent of Dr. Joseph Bell, upon whom Arthur Conan Doyle based the character Sherlock Holmes.
x60D0 TIL the song "Last Train to Clarksville" by The Monkees is about a young man being drafted and sent off to Vietnam, pleading with his girlfriend to have one last night with him before he's shipped out.
M4bK TIL Ren Xiaofeng, a manager of The Agricultural Bank of China, stole $26,000 from the bank with the intention of buying lottery tickets, winning, and repaying the initial theft. Against the odds, it worked so he tried again with $6.7 million. He lost all but $95,000 and was sentenced to death.