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TIL Pizza Hut was the first pizza delivery service to offer online ordering… In 1994

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VBK1k TIL the phrase "Writing on the Wall" originates from the Book of Daniel (Old Testament) in which King Belshazzar sees a disembodied hand writing the doomed fate of the Babylonian Empire on a wall at a party
w4mM TIL There exist a fallacy called “The Fallacy Fallacy” where you presume that because a claim has been poorly argued, or a fallacy has been made, that the claim itself must be wrong.
Y7R9W TIL a server received a lottery ticket as a tip, winning $10 Million. Subsequently, the man who gave her the ticket and even her coworkers sued for a portion. Following this, her ex-husband kidnapped her, leading to her shooting him. Her legal saga continued with a court battle against the IRS.
9Y4E7 TIL Humans lived inland in North America 1,000 years before scientists suspected. Stone tools and other artifacts found in Idaho hint that the First Americans lived here 16,000 years ago — long before an overland path to the continent existed. It’s more evidence humans arrived via a coastal route.
5VoPD TIL that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) receives approximately $1.2 billion annually from the federal government, funded by Canadian taxpayers. This accounts for about 70% of its total budget.