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TIL there’s a cheese from Sardinia with maggots in it that’s outlawed by European Union food hygiene-health regulations, however, it’s still made and sold on the black market.

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GAAK7 TIL That Heron of Alexandria created a mechanism that would automatically open the doors of a temple in the 1st-century BC
KYo9 TIL Leo Tolstoy wrote a book in 1908 called “Letter to a Hindu” in which he argued that the only way for India to gain independence from Britain was through non-violent resistance. Gandhi read this book and others by Tolstoy. They struck up a correspondence and the course of history was changed.
947M TIL The animatronic spider used in Arachnophobia was created by none other than Mythbuster’s Jamie Hyneman. It was one of his earliest special effects jobs.
9wkMp TIL There were 121 witnesses to the JFK assassination, and 51 of them believed shots came from the grassy knoll. A further study examined 64 witnesses, with over half putting gunshots from the knoll.
wLjbP TIL Clint Eastwood was offered the role of James Bond following the departure of Sean Connery, but turned it down due to his belief that the character should be played by an English actor.