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TIL bananas are actually used for scale… for measuring radioactivity

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OogJe TIL that in the 1940s President Johnson,at the time a Congressman, used to drive around with a snake in his trunk because he believed black people were scared of snakes. He used to go to fuel stations get served by black guys and make them open the trunk and he was almost beaten with a tire iron
BgXkW TIL there's a North Korean international restaurant chain named "Pyongyang"
Xb8Q TIL There is a genre of videogames in Japan called Kusoge which translates to “shit games” where games are either poor quality or made intentionally shitty and funny:
R5mnQ TIL that in order to circumvent speaking limits designed to prevent filibustering, a Canadian politician introduced a bill that named every body of water in Ontario in its title.
PY9WJ TIL that only 3 of the 15 highest grossing movies from the 1980s haven't been given a sequel, prequel or turned into a franchise. Those movies are E.T, Tootsie, and Rain Man.