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TIL the 2026 World Cup will be the first Cup to host 48 teams instead of the usual 32.

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grwey TIL that Tabasco Sauce undergoes a three-year fermentation process in repurposed whiskey barrels before it’s bottled.
neX4Y TIL when a Massachusetts mall let a Qdoba open there, another tenant -- Panera -- sued. Panera had the exclusive right to sell sandwiches and argued that Qdoba's burritos violated that right. The judge disagreed and ruled that a burrito is not a sandwich.
Y7JVP TIL Space Center Houston offers Astronaut Days where visitors can meet an astronaut, train like an astronaut, have breakfast with an astronaut. There is also the “All-American Meal,” modeled after the meal served on also S-135, the final shuttle mission
ADBQn TIL about "cello scrotum", a medical condition published in the British Medical Journal as a joke
gMvbb TIL "Bird shit architecture" is a trend in urban planning that originated in the 1950's and persists to the present day. This type of architecture is designed to look good from a plane, but not practical for the actual residents of a city, like Brasilia