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TIL Mitch Hedberg was the Jimmy John's voiceover guy in 2005

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l7Rg5 TIL about Reverse Polish notation, which is a different style of writing math equations. 3+4 is instead written as 3 4 +. One pro is that it removes the need for the Order of Operations.
MeVQ0 TIL that actor Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul was fully trained as a Cinnabon employee to prepare for his role, and even refused a hand double - insisting on using his own hands in the bun-preparing montages
QNXDe TIL Richard Phillips survived the longest wrongful prison sentence in American history by writing poetry and painting with watercolours. He also had the opportunity to kill the man who helped put him away, but he chose not to. He’s due to be paid $1.5 million for being wrongfully convicted.
dDn8Q TIL the Order of Assassins in Assassin’s Creed were based on a real group from sect called the Nizari Ismailis in 11th century. And apparently they still exist today!
7rkAp TIL The “XXX” signifies how many times the moonshine batch had been run through the still. Three X’s indicated that it had been run through three times and that the shine was pure alcohol.