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TIL that the sandwich was popularised by the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who ordered that meat be placed between two slices of bread for easy consumption. He therefore was able to gamble and eat at the same time.

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pOw4 TIL Walt Disney’s staff once presented him with a cartoon on his birthday depicting Snow White having sex with the seven dwarfs. Disney applauded at the film’s ingenuity and casually wondered who was responsible. When the blushing illustrators identified themselves, Disney fired them.
Br0lb TIL about Ed Reeves, a US marine who survived the Korean War despite having shrapnel in his legs, being shot in the head, and getting beaten with rifle butts by the enemy soldiers. Despite all of this, he was able to crawl out onto the frozen Chosin Reservoir, where he was rescued.
R591 TIL that research shows men who have sex 4-5 times a week have a 45% lower chance of developing kidney stones
xVRVo TIL that in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, the BBC apologised for a live political debate show where some in the audience told the US Ambassador that America had brought 9/11 on itself as a result of its foreign policy .
Knb4 TIL that there are more African American men incarcerated in the U.S. than the total prison populations in India, Argentina, Canada, Lebanon, Japan, Germany, Finland, Israel and England combined.