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TIL: in 1921, White Castle changed the Nation's perception of beef from "low grade meat likely to be richer with E coli than nutrients" by creating a logistics system having fresh beef delivered twice a day and on display in the front of their shops, as well as inventing the hamburger bun.

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VMkM0 TIL that the rule of thumb “half your age plus seven” was in earlier sources understood as a formula to calculate the ideal age for the bride, instead of a lower limit for the suitable age.
W7jmo TIL in 1990, thieves disguised as police officers stole 13 artworks valued at $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, making it the largest unsolved art heist in history. Despite extensive investigations, the artworks have never been recovered.
ADwBx TIL about Mrs Chippy, a male cat that took part in Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Originally thought a female, he was given that name because the crew thought he followed the ship's carpenter, "Chippy" McNish, like an attentive wife. A statue of Mrs Chippy is on McNish's grave.
xVD6g TIL the director of Predator and Die hard made a trailer for Ubisofts 2017 Ghost recon: Wildlands and served time in prison for being involved in illegal wiretapping
4XgAN TIL Antony Hopkins composed a waltz in 1964 that was only released years later. The famous actor was afraid that nobody would like it and therefore never got to hear it being played up until 2011 thanks to André Rieu - a Dutch violinist who got sent the music sheets by Hopkins' wife.