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TIL of the Mandela Effect, where well known words, brands, or historical facts are misremembered in the same way by many people: Kit-Kat is actually spelled KitKat, Fruit Loops is actually Froot Loops, and JCPenny is actually JCPenney.

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ADG0d TIL the first pizza delivered in space was in 2001 by Pizza Hut
mPVO TIL One of the most decorated soldiers of WWII when held at Nazi gunpoint used HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER to distract them, then wiped out his machine gun killing 21 and capturing the rest of the 90. Then said to his men, “That was the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever seen!”
grKP9 TIL the dark lava cricket of Hawaii lives exclusively on recently cooled lava flows and feeds entirely on windblown debris. It has been seen merely 100 meters from an active volcanic vent, but never within 15 meters of established vegetation.
b9QK0 TIL Baby porcupines are called porcupettes!
awJZA TIL Curious George was written by a Jewish couple who escaped Paris in 1940 on self-made bicycles