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TIL: McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli

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5YxXr TIL that legendary stand up comedian Lenny Bruce pretended to be gay to get out of service after four invasions in the Pacific in 1945, after 30 months of service. Bruce got his Undesirable Discharge papers 3 weeks after confessing to a navy doctor... He was the inpiration for Crpl. Klinger in MASH.
9w47X TIL that during the production of the film “Roadhouse” (1989), all the actors did their own stunts. Actor Sam Elliott recalled: "All the actors, as far as I know, did their own fighting. I fucking got the shit kicked out of me for the entire film."
VMjmp TIL that raising the drinking age to 21 significantly reduced the number of alcohol related traffic fatalities for people aged 16-20 in the U.S. by 64 percent, according to the NIH.
m1wnv TIL that there is a woman in England who can see 99 million more colors than almost everyone else. And her father is color blind.
N77dN TIL that traditional Japanese calendars have 24 15-day seasons split into 72 five-day microseasons. Right now is “Farmers drain fields,” followed by “Wild geese return” and “Chrysanthemums bloom.”