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TIL that the average pasta serving size is 480% larger than what’s recommended

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GYBe4 TIL before his murder, James Fannin made three requests: he asked for his personal possessions to be sent to his family, to be shot in his heart and not his face, and to be given a Christian burial. The Mexican soldiers took his belongings, shot him in the face, and burned Fannin's body.
WnxA TIL of “lesbian bed death”. Studies have found that lesbian couples have less sex than any other relationship, apparently because the sex drive of women in secure relationships declines.
LQ7Wv TIL when Kelly Clarkson played "Because of You" (which she wrote) for Clive Davis to consider for her album, he said it was a shitty song because it didn't rhyme. He then played her a song he felt should be included "Behind These Hazel Eyes" but got confused when he realized she had written that too
9YYnr TIL of Vulcan Point in the Philippines: an island within a lake within an island within a lake within an island.
JYdnj TIL The Fisher Pen Co. patented a sealed, pressurised ink cartridge for the anti-gravity pen in 1966. The "thixotropic” ink is close to a solid before being stirred & as it's stirred by the ball going through the point, it becomes very thin which allows it to flow in the gravity-free vacuum of space