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TIL of the Martock fava bean. An essential component of the average medieval survival diet. This varierty can still be found for sale.

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9kNB TIL the Horse Head used in the Godfather was real.
5R8P TIL During WW2, the British Secret Intelligence Service distributed the board game Monopoly to prisoners of war. Hidden inside were maps, compasses, real money, and other objects useful for escaping.
OoJ6L TIL that a fan infiltrated the backstage area of an Australian band by claiming he was related to a bandmember and fooling a security guard by editing the bands wiki page and listing himself as family. After a 5-minute wait, he met the band.
J8Dj TIL the term the “grandfather clause” comes from US segregation laws, wherein tests designed to disenfranchise African-Americans would also disenfranchise poor Southern whites as well. The workaround was that people were allowed to vote if their grandfathers had been allowed to as well.
8a10P TIL that the Kodak company manufactured hand grenades in the later years of WWII, and they were even used in the invasion of Normandy. The stock remaining after WWII was ordered to be destroyed because the grenades would explode prematurely, injuring American soldiers.