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TIL that Canadian wheat flour from Manitoba is prized in Italy, and is preferred for Neapolitan Pizza.

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0dEPN TIL that different jurisdictions have different rules on drunk-driving a Zamboni. Driving a Zamboni while drunk in North Dakota may lead to jail time, but in New Jersey a judge has ruled that this would not be a DUI.
PL5E TIL of a man who would inject himself with snake venom in an effort to build up an immunity. He lived to be 100, survived 172 snakebites, and donated his blood to snakebite victims.
KOAJ TIL that there is a cemetery in Romania famous for their vibrant and colorful tombstones that artfully depict scenes from the buried person’s life, most often involving how they died. Each tombstone also has a poetic epitaph inscription.
b9Z5p TIL Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling's final project was Fantasy Park, a 1975 radio concert. It was a 48-hour long rock concert edited together from dozens of separate live acts, including The Beatles. Presented as an actual concert, stations reportedly received calls asking how to get to the show.
PYQvV TIL only 12.5% of US serial killers fit the profile most often typified in media today— an intelligent, white male in his 20s.