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TIL Jasper the Bear, beloved mascot of Jasper National Park in Canada, was the star of a very popular comic strip that ran from 1948 - 1972.

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Opj7 TIL that the WWI Native American code talkers lacked words for modern-day military terms. They used “big gun” for artillery, “little gun shoot fast” for machine gun, “stone” for grenade and “scalps” for casualties, etc.
Wk9eo TIL that the jesus nut, in some helicopter designs, is the single nut that holds the helicopters rotors to the body of the air craft. The term came around in the Vietnam War, one of the first conflicts to make use of helicopters.
LZKm TIL Franklin D Roosevelt called for a maximum wage of $25,000 (about $365,000 in today’s money) and 100% tax on all earnings above that
jRAQ TIL that John Lasseter (CEO of Pixar) was fired from Disney for promoting computer animation
w666 TIL A pine tree planted in 2004 in memory of former Beatle George Harrison died after being infested by beetles.