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TIL Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada

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E1Xmd TIL only 15 senators have been expelled, 14 were during Civil War for supporting Confederacy.
LkGmd TIL “Uncrustable” sandwiches have been classified as both a type of ravioli and a type of dumpling
OkN7 TIL that a medical device company illegally tested a bone cement on patients killing at least 5 when the cement was injected into their spines and leaked into blood vessels causing massive clots in their hearts and lungs. Company executives received prison sentences of less than a year each.
0xxj TIL Prior to Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin wrote incredibly freaky Science Fiction, including the very unsettling ‘Sandkings,’ first published in OMNI then later made into an Outer Limits episode.
n0kB TIL The children’s book “Rascal” became popular in Japan in the 1970’s which let to a mass importation of pet raccoons for kids. When people realized raccoons are TERRIBLE pets they were released and there are wild raccoons causing problems in Japan to this day.