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TIL Hawaii consumes more Spam per capita than any other state, with five cans eaten per person per year—about 7 million cans total

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D10xP TIL: Duke Ellington's signature tune, "Take the 'A' Train" was recovered from a trash can just in time before being gone forever. Composer Billy Strayhorn had discarded it as second rate.
dX1Q TIL Quentin Tarantino had considered making “The Vega Brothers”. The film would have starred Michael Madsen and John Travolta reprising their roles of Vic (Mr. Blonde) from Reservoir Dogs and Vincent from Pulp Fiction.
womQE TIL During prohibition the Chesterfield Club in Kansas City sold marijuana instead of alcohol, and waitresses in "cellophane aprons" served it with their pubic hair shaved into the four suits of playing cards.
YyYd TIL: PETA is requesting a bar in Britain change its name from “Ye olde fighting cock” to “Ye olde clever cock” to better portray chickens as the “intelligent, sensitive and social animals they are”
nxZ9 TIL that Jimmy Carter was the first president to be born in a hospital.