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TIL the famine in China during the 1958-1962 Great Leap Forward was so bad there were several cases of cannibalism ocurring

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ZpgQ TIL that in Super Mario RPG, there’s an item found under Peach’s bed called called Toadstool’s ???, which she scolds you for finding. In Japan, it’s called XXX and is implied to be a sex toy
JYDXQ TIL Michel Vaujour a French convict jailed in 1986 for attempted murder and armed robbery "forced his way onto the prison's roof by wielding nectarines that were painted to look like grenades." His wife then picked him up in a helicopter and whisked him away.
kJGW4 TIL "Murphy's Law" originated during rocket sled tests that took place in 1948-49 at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California, and is named after USAF Captain Edward A. Murphy. Murphy went on to make crew escape systems for the F-4, SR-71, B-1 and X-15.
X0vvX TIL that late actor Michael Clarke Duncan was assigned to protect Notorious B.I.G. on the night he was killed, but Duncan switched assignments at the last minute. The death caused Duncan to quit working as a bodyguard and pursue acting full-time.
p8Ye8 TIL that Stranger Things' actress Millie Bobby Brown, who plays Eleven, is deaf in one ear.