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TIL of General Butt Naked, commander of the Butt Naked Brigade in Liberia, who has admitted to cannibalism and human sacrifice and went into battle wearing only sneakers. He is now a Christian minister

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mxANx TIL: 'Breakfast is the most important meal of the day' was marketing slogan
PYbkO TIL that blind people may detect and respond to light if it is a kind of skyblue light at 481nm. "There is more to the eye than rods and cones — the discovery of a third photoreceptor is rewriting the visual rulebook."
m1GEp TIL that Fiesta, a snack sold by Ferrero (Nutella’s brand) in Italy and targeted to the entire family, contains 8.5% liqueur.
j6npn TIL of the 1963 Children's Crusade in the US, when more than 1,000 students marched in the fight for Civil Rights. Most of them were teenagers, but some were as young as six years old, at least 600 were taken into custody.
9w6v7 TIL the most decorated service member in US Military history, Audie Murphy (1925-1971), and the most decorated Airman in Air Force history, Duane Hackney (1947-1993), both died before the age of 47.