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TIL the dish Chicken Tikka Masala originated from Glasgow, Scotland

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yVL7M TIL A permanent move to daylight saving time would prevent 2,054 human injuries, 33 human deaths, and $1.19 billion in damages each year.
XLpk TIL: You burn 650 calories donating one pint of blood.
QJNnd TIL about the Tacoma Narrows bridge, 3rd largest suspension bridge in the US, which collapsed violently in 1940
kJn6B TIL that prolific author Anne Perry was born Juliet Hulme, who with her best friend Pauline Parker murdered Parker’s mother in 1954