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TIL Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada by a Greek immigrant, who was inspired by Chinese food to put a South American ingredient on an Italian dish, that went on to be most popular in Australia

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NXVaE TIL about medical maggot teabag therapy - Maggot bags are used to clean away dead tissue while ignoring living flesh, while secreting antimicrobial molecules that disinfect the wound. They are proving useful against the rise of bacteria that's resistant to several widely used antibiotics.
8eLDb TIL about someone who predicted a merger and brought the relevant domain and now wants to sell it and fund his education. He is now being sued.
JY5oQ TIL that in 1986, Belgrade, then capital of SFR Yugoslavia, came in 4th in the selection of the host of 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona. Only 6 years later, during these olympics, athletes from the FR Yugoslavia were not allowed to participate due to United Nations sanctions.
XEKOX TIL there was a Republic of Yucatán ... twice!
pYAWQ TIL that during WW2, for over a year, the British and the Germans had independently discovered how to jam each others' radar. But they decided not to use it, for fear of giving the tactic away to the other side.