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TIL that San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge is not named for its color but for its location on the Golden Gate Strait. Its unusual reddish-orange color was a radical choice in the 1930s. It matched primer painted on some of the steel.

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8e96b TIL that Marvel Comics has a superhero named Man-Thing. In the 1970s it published a series called 'Giant-Size Man-Thing'.
MeJab Today I Learned about Wilson “One-Man Regiment” Watson, a Medal of Honor recipient from the Battle of Iwo Jima. He is credited for being the inspiration of John Wayne’s “Shooting from the hip” style, along with single-handedly killing 90 Japanese Soldiers during the battle.
9w7Z7 TIL After the US Navy lost the USS Thresher in 1963, it instituted a quality assurance program called SUBSAFE for its submarines. As a result they went from losing 16 submarines to non-combat reasons in the 48 years before, to losing only the USS Scorpion (which wasn’t SUBSAFE certified) since 1963.
jjmR TIL Kurt Cobain’s hometown of Aberdeen, Washington has a welcome sign that says “Welcome to Aberdeen: Come As You Are”
PYDKV TIL rock paper scissors is a game that goes back 2000 years to ancient Han China. The game spread throughout Asia with various characters, often animals, replacing the desk supplies we know today. In a version, a village chief is beaten by a fox, who is beaten by a hunter, who is beaten by the chief