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TIL some of the USAs most American foods aren’t actually American: Hot Dogs and Hamburgers were both invented in Europe.

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e0Pgb TIL that the French writer and philosopher Georges Bataille founded a secret society called Acéphale to explore ritualism and human sacrifice, but apparently everyone volunteered to be the sacrificial victim and no one wanted to be the executioner so no sacrifice was ever carried out.
9r4M TIL that Winter Olympics athletes are chronically underpaid and unless they have endorsements, the amounts they earn are paltry compared to athletes in disciplines such as bowling.
oBYLR TIL about castrato, a type of classical male singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto. The voice is produced by castration of the singer before puberty to preserve their high pitch.
JRyQ TIL that the Earth’s population has doubled in the last 44 years, from ~3.5B to ~7B.
07VR TIL Steven Spielberg often asks his stars to forego a fee in favour of a percentage of the gross profits. Tom Cruise took 15% of ‘Minority Report’, amounting to $53.7 million…