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TIL John Carmack would ask for a medium pepperoni pizza from Domino's Pizza almost every day, during his time at id Software, and it was even carried by the same delivery person for more than 15 years. Carmack is such a regular customer that they still charge him 1995 prices.

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Yd5P TIL the wrestler Mick Foley became a fan of Tori Amos in 1993. After meeting her in 2008, he got involved in a group she started to aid abused women. He has volunteered extensively, fielding calls from women in difficult circumstances, and logged over 550 hours on the phone over an 18-month period.
1JAO TIL That the magician Teller, of Penn and Teller, has no first name. On his driver’s license it is marked NFN (no first name.)
4djX TIL that in Switzerland a seven-member Federal Council serves as the collective head of state, with each member leading an executive department. The current council consists of four men and three women from five different political parties.
jvwM TIL there is an unofficial ban Richard Wagner’s operas in Israel, due to its connection to Adolf Hitler and Wagner’s own anti-Semitic writings.
wLwdY TIL Idaho got its name because some guy George M. Willing proposed the name to Congress, claiming that it was Shoshone Indian for “Gem of the Mountain,” when it was really just a word he made up.