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TIL Sir Winston Churchill is an Honorary citizen of the US, the first to be one non-posthumously

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9YEQp TIL the pirate 'Black Bart' believed Irish people to be some of the worst people to have on your crew due to them being highly mutinous. As a result, many people who Bart tried to force into piracy would often fake an Irish accent so they could get out of it.
vPoD TIL it is not incorrect to call DUCT tape, DUCK tape. It was duck tape, first
d8JvQ TIL that software no longer being sold or supported is referred to as “Abandonware” and falls in a grey area regarding copyright, allowing sites like this to provide downloads for tons of nostalgic titles including Oregon Trail and the old Harry Potter games
Y7xG7 TIL two men had their arms torn off at the shoulder during a game of Tug-of-War in 1997. The game had over 1600 participants. Their arms were successfully reattached.
REo8 TIL that per kilogram, asparagus has a larger carbon footprint than pork or veal