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TIL Napalm killed more Japanese than the atomic bombs.

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ne60W TIL In 1952, Tony the Tiger won a popularity contest against three other characters — Katy the Kangaroo, Elmo the Elephant, and Newt the Gnu — to become the new Frosted Flakes mascot.
LQeY0 TIL that of the 780 prisoners who have been held in detention at Guantanamo Bay, only 16 have ever been charged by the United States
5PGp TIL there is a reservoir of 145-million-year-old seawater beneath Chesapeake Bay
168MO TIL about Dafen oil painting village, a suburb in Shenzhen, China, nicknamed the capital of mass art knock-offs, being a zone with many workshops dedicated to reproduce famous paintings of west and east, specifically, oil paintings but they made personal works for people too.
rRV4M TIL Teddy Roosevelt was a feminist. A man who is an icon of modern masculinity, championed women's rights. In one essay he said “Viewed purely in the abstract, I think there can be no question that women should have equal rights with men.… " and was large supporter of the women's suffrage movement