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TIL "snozeberries" from Willy Wonka was in fact penis.
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TIL that HMS Victory - which Admiral Horatio Nelson sailed to his famous victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 - is still in service with the Royal Navy today. She is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission.
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TIL that John Argyropoulos, a humanist scholar who escaped the fall of Constantinople and tutored Lorenzo D'Medici died of consuming too much watermelon.
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TIL Carrots (which used to be of purple or white stock) were originally bred to be orange to show support for the Dutch Orange-Nassau dynasty. The seafaring dutch then spread their breed of carrot the world over.
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TIL The Scooby Doo Movie (2002) was originally meant to be PG-13 and have a much darker tone and have a heavy emphasis on marijuana jokes. After receiving bad feedback, they cut it into the family friendly movie it became. In 2017 it was revealed that an R-rated cut exists of the movie.
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TIL St Adrian is the patron saint of arms dealers (he also covers butchers, guards, soldiers and peacekeeping missions)