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TIL M&M's are named after it's founder's Mars & Murrie

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rRoA0 TIL there is a recording of President of United States Lyndon B. Johnson ordering pants, asking for enough waist for 10-15 lbs of weight change each month, an extra inch "from where the zipper ends...back to my bunghole." to "let out...down where your nuts hang."
QNDr6 TIL that when a volcanic eruption started a few hundred meters from the main settlement of the island of Heimaey, a stroke of luck in the form of a storm during the prior days meant that almost the entire fishing fleet was in the harbor which aided in the speedy evacuation of the 5,300 inhabitants.
JY6oB TIL about this parasite called Toxoplasma gondii that changes the behavior in its hosts in weird ways. In humans, it is said to infect 50% of the population, and could be responsible for having neurotic diseases like bipolar and depression, and psychotic diseases like schizophrenia.
9lV6 TIL The US Armed Forces have committed war crimes, as defined by the Geneva Convention, in every single conflict in which they have been involved.
9YB7X TIL In Germany you can be punished by up to one year in prison if you don't help someone who's in danger or has had an accident