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TIL Mayonnaise is named after (and was likely invented in) Mahón, Spain

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yQekX TIL the 2009 movie The Last House on the Left is a remake of the 1972 movie of the same name, based on the 1960 movie The Virgin Spring, based on Töres döttrar i Wänge (1812), a Ballad, remake of a longer version from 1673, which is the backstory of why the church of Kärna (1100s) has been built.
avLM TIL The giant Spanish wine corporation Codorníu, has permits in place right now to clear-cut the coveted California coastal redwood forest and grade the soils to construct a sprawling vineyard, roads, and reservoirs in their place.
xmL5 TIL In 1932, William Faulkner was offered a $500-a-week contract ($8,500 today) to write scripts at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer but didn’t have enough money to send a telegram to answer yes.
jwxp TIL Several UFO sightings were recorded throughout the Roman Republic/Empire from 214 BC
W7yDX TIL in 1972, diver Bret Gilliam survived a 325+ ft ascent, with an empty oxygen tank, after trying to save a colleague from attacking sharks.