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TIL Paul Stanley of KISS starred in a 2000 Folgers ad that never actually aired because focus groups asked “Who is the old, creepy guy?”

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VBO7m TIL During World War II, the U.S. Navy constructed a floating concrete barge dedicated to making ice cream for troops in the Pacific Theater. The barge, known as the "Concrete Ice Cream Barge," had industrial-sized freezers and churned out thousands of gallons of ice cream daily.
yQgDa TIL that Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, had helmets designed after Darth Vader's helmet for his Fedayeen corps, a military unit designated to protect the Ba'athist regime and Hussein himself.
LkgQ9 TIL in 2017 the Pentagon released videos and information of a UFO encounter through a FOIA request.
9YmXr TIL The Talking Heads only had ONE top 10 hit: Burning Down the House. Once in a Lifetime didn’t even make the top 100.
e4ek TIL - Millions of disposable chopsticks used in China are made in the USA