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TIL the poorly-received 1999 movie “Wild Wild West” was a commercial success, likely due to underage teens buying tickets, only to sneak into American Pie or the South Park movie.

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VxMQ TIL that launching a nuclear weapon in the City of Chicago is punishable by a $1,000 fine.
x60Gw TIL Ireland holds the world’s highest frequency (~10–11%) of C282Y, a gene variant in hereditary hemochromatosis. Historically, poor diets from poverty, heavy tea, and reliance on potatoes favored iron-boosting. Now, iron-fortified foods can cause overload, leading to harmful excess body iron levels
GOeJ TIL: In Spanish, “esposas” means both “handcuffs” and “wives” and it is not a coincidence
7r0aL TIL the idea for In-N-Out signature crossed palms came from the 1963 comedy It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, in which there’s a search for a buried treasure that’s hidden beneath four crossed palm trees.
0dpbp TIL that for 15 years some of Canada’s largest grocery chains, including Loblaws, conspired to keep bread prices artificially high. During that time bread prices rose 96% compared to overall food inflation of only 45%.