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TIL that perpetual stew is a kind of soup-like dish cooked in a single pot which can be reheated and cooked for decades by adding more and more ingredients.

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j5ka TIL that in 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a maximum income of $25,000, equivalent to roughly $350,000 today.
Wr59 TIL that in 1928 the founder of the Kodak company was so frustrated by the different number of days in each month, he insisted the company operate on a 13 month year, each month being exactly 4 weeks. They did this up until 1989.
4X8Vb TIL that in the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Jaguar fitted $300k diamonds to fronts of two of their Formula 1 cars to advertise “Ocean’s Twelve”. One of the cars crashed on the first lap, and the diamond, uninsured due to the nature of the stunt, was, and still remains, lost.
aAZN TIL that Marilyn Manson did a cover of Suicide Is Painless, the theme song to the TV show MAS*H, and said the song was “more depressing and offensive than anything I’ve written.”
l7lr5 TIL about "Zhang the Madman." A.k.a Zhang Xu, he was a celebrated Chinese calligraphist who lived in the 700s AD. According to legend, he developed his unique style by getting violently drunk and using his hair as as an ink brush. However when he sobered up, he was unable to replicate his skill.