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TIL Bonnie & Clyde died 80 years ago today - They were shot up so much that the undertaker had difficulty embalming the bodies because of all the bullet holes.

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ne5kb TIL the white noddy or fairy tern, native to tropical Pacific islands, is notable for laying its egg on a bare branch in a small depression without a nest. It is also considered one of the most useful of land-finding birds to mariners since these seabirds generally roam within 45 km of their island.
yQAAv TIL that cement is to concrete as flour is to cake. Cement is a component of concrete.
VBNl0 TIL in Rocky (1976), when the fight poster shows Rocky in the wrong color shorts, that was not intentional. The art department messed up, showing red with a white stripe instead of white with a red stripe. The budget was only around a million dollars, so they had Rocky point it out in the film.
0NMj TIL There was actually a “Where’s Waldo?” game for NES. Due to the 8-bit graphics and almost all the mobs looking like Waldo, it was almost impossible to beat and rated as one of the worst games ever made for NES.
Y7DoP TIL about "the strangest battle in history", where US and German forces battled against the SS to protect French political prisoners.