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TIL Wolverine was nearly called The Badger

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oR4vE TIL that the USDA cold storage is a public report, and the US currently has almost a billion pounds of frozen french fries
9yWp TIL Gestalt psychologist Kurt Koffka originally said “The whole is other than the sum of the parts” but is often incorrectly translated as “greater” rather than “other”. Koffka firmly corrected students saying “This is not a principle of addition. The whole has an independent existence.”
PZgn TIL Kirk Douglas is alive and well and will be 100 years old in December next year
9wOMD TIL There is a kind of kite that work underwater, call tidal kites. In fact it is high-tech tidal turbines, generating electricity from the power of the ocean.
VMbwB TIL that a non-Indigenous company holds worldwide exclusive rights to use the Australian Aboriginal flag on clothing.