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TIL that Brazil nuts used to be known as “nigger toes”

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dDgb7 TIL that Dante Alighieri only met the real-life Beatrice twice in his life.
Apan TIL that in season 4 episode 2 of Breaking Bad, Badger explains that Venezia’s Pizza doesn’t slice their pizzas “to pass the savings on to you.” This was a response to fan confusion over why the Venezia’s pizza in season 3 episode 2 was not sliced
44V6 TIL that multiple Japanese Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers, and Emperors have apologized for the country’s action during WWII
bbJ0 TIL that in 1986, a volcanic lake in Cameroon, Africa burped a C02 gas cloud that killed 1,746 people in minutes
Vv0G TIL OJ Simpson hosted a pay-per-view prank show called Juice. In one of the skits, he works as a used car salesman selling a White Bronco with bullet holes in which he promotes the car’s “escapability”.