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Today i learned it was a Greek/Canadian who invented pineapple on pizza. His name was Sam Panopoulos.

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E10kW TIL of a band called Ok Go, who stored one of their albums on DNA by converting their audio into binary code, and then converting the binary into genetic code, which was then "inscribed" onto genetic material.
OGnm4 Today I learned that in 1634 Massachussets Puritans made long hair illegal for males.
VPgD TIL Major James Nesmeth, a POW in Vietnam for 7 years, used golf visualization to stay sane. Every day he played a full 18 holes in his head as if he were actually there. After being released, he tried golf again for real and shot a 74 which was 20 strokes off his previous average.
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