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TIL Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", originally wanted Donatello to be named Bernini, after the Baroque sculptor Gian Lorzeno Bernini.

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NXbdM TIL that in 2016, France legislated a Food Waste Law that bans supermarkets from wasting unsold food. It mandates that supermarkets must compost their leftover produce, or donate the goods to charity.
krjm TIL when a airplane crashed in the icy Potomac River, Arland Williams and 5 other survivors fled to the tail section. He was then tossed a lifeline from a helicopter twice and handed it off twice to others more severely injured than himself. He ended up being the only victim to die by drowning.
4XyYR TIL the US actually made some attempts to use the metric system
yVNR8 TIL That Frank Hamer, the Texas Ranger who lead the posse that killed Bonnie and Clyde, was able to keep most of the weapons and ammunition found in the outlaw couple's car as the result of an agreement with the Texas DOC. The arsenal included several automatic weapons and sawed off shotguns.
OMya TIL that a truckload of bananas can trip nuclear weapon scanners because of the slight radiation each banana gives off from their potassium isotopes