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TIL Mincemeat pie was once preferred over Apple pie as the iconic symbol of American cuisine. This popularity was partly due to the 19th and early 20th century recipe's including actual meat and substantial quantities of booze (usually brandy but sometimes rum and/or Madeira).

KOQpJ TIL that memories of music cannot be lost to Alzheimer's and dementia. The part of your brain responsible for ASMR catalogs music, and appears to be a stronghold against Alzheimer's and dementia.
xne7 TIL in 2009, Bill Gates gave a presentation on mosquitoes and malaria. After he explained the severity of the disease and how it’s transmitted via mosquitoes, he ended his presentation by releasing a swarm of mosquitoes into the audience.
XEmo8 TIL of Hugh Thompson, a helicopter pilot from Decatur, Georgia who during the My Lai Massacre, landed in the village to rescue children from approaching American soldiers. Then, landed again, ordering his gunners to fire on the Americans if they prevented his rescue of other Vietnamese civilians
EgGYV TIL that most hotel rooms in the USA do not have ceiling lights. This is done mostly for cost reasons. Money is saved by not having to run wire to a ceiling box, drywall around it and then install the overhead light itself.
5V7Pr TIL A shipyard worker set a fire aboard a nuclear submarine, causing $450M worth of damage because he was suffering from an anxiety attack and had no vacation or sick leave remaining. He was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $400 million in restitution.