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TIL the male equivalent of a ballerina is a ballerino

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DN9j TIL After the ‘Soup Nazi’ episode aired, Seinfeld visited the man it was based off, Ali Yeganeh, who got angry. Seinfeld responded with “the most insincere, sarcastic apology ever given.” Then, Yeganeh bellowed “No Soup for You!” and ejected them from his restaurant.
yVMNJ TIL wasps help prevent the destruction of $417 billion worth of crops from insect pests every year. This is higher than the annual value of insect pollination at $250 billion per year.
5Y6Ak TIL the last Civil War Veteran lived until 1956, at the age of 106.
xkKw TIL there’s a skyscraper in Japan that has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
kOG7e TIL Charles King, Former Liberian President, holds the Guinness World record for most frauded election in history, having won the 1927 election with 234 000 votes in a country with 15 000 registered votes.