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TIL the Claim that the Bond girl who was painted gold died of asphyxiation is false.

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wLdeP TIL that the toy manufacturer Toy Biz successfully argued in court that their X-Men action figures were not based on humans, but mutants, meaning that they would not be eligible for a tariff on human-based toys
Z8mXY Today I Learned that you can’t find broccoli in the wild since it was created by humans by breeding it from wild cabbage.
yK1e TIL While parachuting, an American aviator downed a Japanese fighter plane by shooting the pilot in the head with his sidearm.
a809A TIL that ww2 veteran, Matt Urban, a Medal of Honor and 7x Purple Heart recipient. Died from complications brought on by war wounds in 1995, 49 years after being medically discharged from the army
KPoB TIL Hitlerszalonna, or “Hitler Bacon,” was the nickname given to a dense jam eaten by Hungarian soldiers and citizens during WWII. Before the war, the Austrian Emporer would send troops packages of bacon (Kaiser Bacon), but when Hitler took over the bacon was replaced with fruit jam, hence the name.