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TIL carrots are orange because of the dutch who used it to honor their leader in the battle for independence

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Kr5J TIL an airline pilot ordered 30 pizzas for his passengers after finding they would be delayed for weather. The pizzas were cleared by security and sent directly to the plane.
KYwYJ TIL: the ancient version of cheesecake dates back to Ancient Greece as early as 5th century BCE!
Oom6X TIL that during the Joker Pencil Trick scene in The Dark Knight was as dangerous as it looked. Charles Jarman, who played the Pencil Trick Thug, stated that he had to remove the pencil, in order to make it look realistic, before Joker (played by Heath Ledger) slammed his head on the table.
x6vK1 TIL that Lawrence Dallaglio, former captain of the English national team of rugby, is also a chorister on Tina Turner’s song "We don’t need another hero". He was 12 years old, when they recorded it.
690A8 TIL the odds of dying for a 78 year old man, irrespective of personal health, is 1 in 19. By age 83 those odds are 1 in 12.