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TIL Bugs Bunny during World War II, was officially inducted into the marines, who discharged him after the war as a master sergeant.

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Egg7w TIL that there is a village in China with 367 households but 39 pairs of twins, even chickens are reportedly laying eggs with double yolks.
M7oO8 Today I learned that in 1994, a plane was flying from Moscow to Hong Kong when the pilot's children got into the cockpit and accidentally turned off the autopilot. This resulted in a plane crash that killed all 75 people on the plane.
BOVd TIL New York Times crossword puzzle editor, Will Shortz, is the only person in the world to have a degree in enigmatology, the study of puzzles.
b97Z4 TIL the University of Colorado named their cafeteria grill after an infamous confessed cannibal, Alferd G. Packer, with the slogan being "Have a friend for lunch!".
QJg69 TIL that the notoriously sloppy handwriting of doctors result in the death of 7000 and injury of 1.5 million people annually due to unclear abbreviations and illegible dosage indications on prescriptions.