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TIL anyone aged 16 or older can use the Library of Congress

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p8XkA TIL that Ritz crackers were first released during the Great Depression, choosing the name ‘Ritz’ (as in the Ritz hotels) so people would perceive the crackers as high class and fancy, but available at an affordable price
P11Ag TIL Ancient Chinese doctor and surgeon Hua Tuo was executed by King Cao Cao when he suggested performing a surgery by cutting into his royal skull
QJvBk TIL in the 19th century, profit-maximizing recipe used by milk producers was a pint of lukewarm water for every quart of milk—after the cream was skimmed; To whiten the bluish liquid they added chalk and to replace skimmed-off layer of cream, they might add a final flourish of pureed calf brains
R9Ba TIL Quentin Tarantino approached Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love to play “Lance” and “Jody” in the movie Pulp Fiction but they declined
8a4bP TIL that more than 30 Roman emperors (out of ~86) were erased from monuments by decree of the Senate, as a way to erase the names of disgraced individuals from public memory